Updated May 20, 2024
A Connecticut springing power of attorney allows a person (principal) to give someone the legal authority to make important decisions for them at some future date or in the event that the principal becomes incapacitated.
Permitted in Connecticut?
Signing Requirements
A power of attorney must be dated and signed by the principal or in the principal’s conscious physical presence by another individual directed by the principal to sign the principal’s name on the power of attorney and witnessed by two witnesses.
Signatures must be acknowledged before a notary public, a commissioner of the Superior Court, or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.[2]
“Incapacity” Definition
“Incapacity” means inability of an individual to manage property or business affairs because the individual: