Vermont § 4018 Agent’s resignation; notice

Vermont Statutes

§ 4018 — Agent’s resignation; notice

Vermont § 4018

Title 14Title 14: Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations

Ch. 127Chapter 127: Vermont Uniform Power of Attorney Act

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Bluebook

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 4018 (2026).

Text

Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent’s resignation, an agent may resign by giving written notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated or unavailable:

(1)to the guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or successor agent; or

(2)if there is no person described in subdivision (1) of this section, to:

(A)the principal’s caregiver;

(B)another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare; or

(C)a governmental agency having authority to protect the welfare of the principal.

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Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent’s resignation, an agent may resign by giving written notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated or unavailable:
(1) to the guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or successor agent; or
(2) if there is no person described in subdivision (1) of this section, to:
(A) the principal’s caregiver;
(B) another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare; or
(C) a governmental agency having authority to protect the welfare of the principal.