{"data":{"id":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-4016","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"14 V.S.A. § 4016","heading":"Judicial relief","body":"(a) The following persons may petition a court to construe a power of attorney or review the agent’s conduct and grant appropriate relief:\n(1) the principal or the agent;\n(2) a guardian or other fiduciary acting for the principal, including an executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased principal;\n(3) a person authorized to make health-care decisions for the principal;\n(4) the principal’s spouse, parent, or descendant;\n(5) an individual who would qualify as an heir of the principal under the laws of intestacy;\n(6) a person named as a beneficiary to receive any property, benefit, or contractual right on the principal’s death or as a beneficiary of a trust created by or for the principal who has a financial interest in the principal’s estate;\n(7) a governmental agency having regulatory authority to protect the welfare of the principal;\n(8) the principal’s caregiver or another person who demonstrates sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare; and\n(9) a person asked to accept the power of attorney.\n(b) Upon motion by the principal, the court shall dismiss a petition filed under this section, unless the court finds that the principal lacks capacity to revoke the agent’s authority or the power of attorney.","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/14/127/04016","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:59Z","sha256":"9262e60eb1a8044e061388b36fb4f0cf61fd41ffee743997767722d20f1eae55","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-4015","next":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-4017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}