Financial Powers
A financial power of attorney can be terminated by the principal if they:[1]
- Sign a written revocation and records it with the office of recorder of deeds;
- Deliver a written revocation to the attorney-in-fact; or
- Destroy all physical copies of the executed power of attorney.
Medical Powers
An advance directive for health care can be revoked by the principal at any time by:[2]
- Communicating their intent to revoke in writing or verbally to a health care representative or another reliable witness;
- Executing a new advance directive.