Financial Powers
A financial power of attorney is canceled if:[1]
- The principal dies;
- The principal becomes incapacitated and the power of attorney is not durable;
- The principal revokes the power of attorney;
- The power of attorney has an end date;
- The purpose of the power of attorney is completed; or
- The agent resigns, becomes incapacitated, or dies, and the POA does not provide a successor agent.
Medical Powers
A durable power of attorney for health care can be revoked by the principal at any time by:[2]
- Notifying the agent orally or in writing;
- Notifying the health care provider orally in writing; or
- Executing a new power of attorney for health care