Financial Powers
A financial power of attorney is canceled if:[1][2]
- The principal dies;
- The principal becomes incapacitated and the power of attorney is not durable;
- The principal terminates the power of attorney with a signed written revocation; or
- The power of attorney has an expiration date.
Medical Powers
A health care directive can be revoked by the principal at any time by:[3]
- Signing and dating a written revocation;
- Verbally expressing the intent to revoke in the presence of two witnesses;
- Destroying the existing copies; or
- Executing a new health care directive that is inconsistent with the previous one.