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Wis. Stat. § 244.18

Agent’s resignation; notice

Known as the Uniform Power of Attorney for Finances and Property Act

The act spans §§ 244.01 to 244.64 (43 sections).

2009 a. 319.

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

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

(2) If there is no person described in sub. (1), to any of the following:

(a) The principal’s caregiver.

(b) Another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare.

(c) A governmental agency having regulatory authority to protect the welfare of the principal.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.