{"data":{"id":"us-me/18-c-m.r.s.-5-918","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"18-C M.R.S. §5-918","heading":"Agent's resignation; notice","body":"Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent's resignation, an agent may resign by giving notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated:\n1.  Conservator, guardian, coagent, successor agent.  To the conservator or guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or successor agent; or\n2.  Caregiver, interested person, governmental agency.  If there is no person described in subsection 1, to:\nA.  The principal's caregiver;\nB.  Another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal's welfare; or\nC.  A governmental agency having authority to protect the welfare of the principal.","path":["TITLE 18-C: PROBATE CODE","PART 9: MAINE UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec5-918.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:29Z","sha256":"695aabe9b5fb63612a02461e39e84ac7950a25239823d73f2240ebccf47cf6d8","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/18-c-m.r.s.-5-917","next":"us-me/18-c-m.r.s.-5-919"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}