{"data":{"id":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-4015","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"14 V.S.A. § 4015","heading":"Exoneration of agent","body":"A provision in a power of attorney relieving an agent of liability for breach of duty is binding on the principal and the principal’s successors in interest except to the extent the provision:\n(1) relieves the agent of liability for breach of duty committed:\n(A) dishonestly;\n(B) in bad faith;\n(C) with reckless indifference to the purposes of the power of attorney;\n(D) through willful misconduct;\n(E) through gross negligence; or\n(F) with actual fraud; or\n(2) was inserted as a result of an abuse of a confidential or fiduciary relationship with the principal.","path":["Title 14: Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Chapter 127: Vermont Uniform Power of Attorney Act","Subchapter 001: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/14/127/04015","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:59Z","sha256":"1fa91eedc4dfdfffe928bdb3f9c54ad2eb7e00085d5a05d81d6c0ba124377afd","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-4014","next":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-4016"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}