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 medical power of attorney can be revoked by the principal at any time by:[2]
- Destroying the existing copies;
- Writing and signing the statement of revocation and delivering it to the attending physician; or
- Verbal expression to revoke the medical POA in the presence of a witness at least 18 years of age who signs and dates a writing confirming the revocation and delivers it to the attending physician.