Vermont Durable Power of Attorney Effective upon Disability
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____________________________ as identification. _________________________________ Signature of person taking acknowledgment (Notary Public) _________________________________ Name typed, printed, or stforegoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _____ day of ____________________, ______ by __________________________ (name of Principal), who is personally known to me or who has produced ___________________________________ City: __________________________________ State: ___________________________________ State of __________________________ ) ) ss County of ________________________ ) The ________ Name: ___________________________________ City: __________________________________ State: ___________________________________ Witness Signature: ___________________________________ Name: ____n ________________ (date), at _______________________ (city), __________________________ (state). ________________________________ Signature of Principal Witness Signature: ___________________________t in good faith and/or willful misconduct, while acting under the authority of this Power of Attorney. I may revoke this Power of Attorney at any time by providing written notice to my Agent. Signed oination, shall be held harmless.
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Agent shall not be liable for losses resulting from judgment errors made in good faith. However, Agent will be liable for breach of fiduciary duty, failure to acreliance on this power of attorney. If this Durable Power of Attorney is terminated by operation of law, any person relying in good faith on the authority of this document, without notice of such termey is not effective as to a third party until the third party has actual knowledge of the revocation. I agree to indemnify the third party for any claims that arise against the third party because of of my Agent; and/or (c) my assets to be subject to a general power of appointment by my Agent. Any third party who receives a copy of this document may act under it. Revocation of the power of attorny are limited to the extent necessary to prevent (a) my income to be taxable to my Agent; (b) my Agent to have any rights or ownership with respect to any life insurance policies I may own on the lifeo the reasons for the use or issuance of this power-ofattorney or as to the disposition of any proceeds paid to my Agent based on this document. The powers granted to my Agent by this power-of-attorneble under applicable law, then the remaining unaffected parts of the document shall still remain in full force and effect and not be affected by any partial invalidity. No person needs to inquire as t, rights, acts or powers are not intended to restrict or limit the definition or scope of powers granted herein in any manner. If any part of this document is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceashall provide an accounting for all funds handled and all acts performed as my Agent. This Power of Attorney shall be construed as broadly as a General Power of Attorney. The listing of specific terms shall also be entitled to reasonable compensation for any services provided as my Agent If so requested by myself or any authorized personal representative or fiduciary acting on my behalf, my Agent by a licensed medical doctor. My Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable expenses incurred as a result of carrying out any provision of this Power of Attorney. If desired, my Agentcapacity" shall mean a lack of capacity to receive and evaluate information effectively, to communicate decisions, and/or to manage my financial resources and affairs properly, as certified in writingeath. This Power of Attorney shall not terminate on my subsequent disability, incapacity or lack of mental competence, except as provided by any applicable statute. As used herein, "disability" or "insubsequent disability or incapacity as certified in writing by a licensed medical doctor. The rights, powers, and authority of this document shall remain in full force and effect thereafter until my d the result is that the disclaimed assets pass directly or indirectly to my Agent or my Agent's estate. This Durable Power of Attorney and all rights and powers therein shall become effective upon my h might be transferred or distributed to me from any other person, estate, trust, or other entity, as may be appropriate. However, Agent may not disclaim assets, to
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which I would be entitled, ify of my assets to the trustee of any revocable trust created by me, if such trust exists at the time of such transfer. 17. To disclaim any interest (subject to other provisions of this document), whicsets to discharge any of my Agent's legal obligations, including any obligations of support which my Agent may owe to others, excluding those whom I am legally obligated to support. 16. To transfer anrs of my Agent's estate, (b) exercise any powers of appointment I may hold in favor of my Agent, my Agent's estate, my Agent's creditors, or the creditors of my Agent's estate, or (c) use any of my as authorized by this document, (a) gift, appoint, assign or designate any of my assets, interests or rights, directly or indirectly, to my Agent, my Agent's estate, my Agent's creditors, or the creditoift tax annual exclusion amount in any one calendar year, and this annual right shall be non-cumulative and shall lapse at the end of each calendar year. However, my Agent may not, unless specificallyorm Gifts to Minors Act or the Uniform Transfers To Minors Act. Any gifts made shall be limited to gifts that qualify for the federal gift tax annual exclusion, shall not exceed in value the federal gd if necessary, to file any state and federal gift tax returns and documents. Gifts to minors may be made to the minor directly or parent, guardian or close friend of the minor or pursuant to the Unif charitable contributions of my real, personal, tangible or intangible property, to such persons or organizations without regard to whether such gifts are a part of my estate planning or otherwise, anobtain or provide information to and from any agency, including governmental agencies, relating to tax matters and to negotiate, compromise or settle any matter with such agency. 15. To make gifts andny documents with any federal, state, local or other governmental body, including, but not limited to, federal, state, local or other income and tax returns and necessary and/or related documents; to ance as may be appropriate, including but not limited to, attorneys, accountants, investment professionals, brokers and real estate agents. 14. To prepare, or cause to be prepared, sign, and/or file astments. 12. To maintain and/or operate any business that I currently own or have an interest in or may own or have an interest in, in the future. 13. To employ any professional and/or business assistxamine, remove, keep or otherwise dispose of the contents. 11. To exercise any and all rights, including proxy rights, with respect to stocks, bonds, debentures, commodities, options or any other inveurities.
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10. To have access to any safe deposit box, vault or other storage area owned or leased by me alone or in conjunction with any other person, including access to their contents, and to en, firm, corporation or political entity; to perform any act necessary to deposit, negotiate, sell or transfer any note, security, or draft of the United States of America, including U.S. Treasury Secegotiating or endorsing any checks or other instruments, obtaining bank statements, passbooks, drafts, warrants, money orders, certificates, cashier checks, cash or vouchers payable to me by any personts with financial institutions; to conduct any business with any banking or financial institution with respect to any of my accounts, including, but not limited to, making deposits and withdrawals, ne bank accounts, including, but not limited to, checking accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, investment accounts, brokerage accounts, retirement plan accounts, and other similar accoury and social security benefits), and to appoint anyone, including my Agent, to act as my "Representative Payee" for the purpose of receiving Social Security benefits. 9. To open, maintain and/or closre applications, provide information, and perform any other reasonable request by any government or its agencies in connection with governmental benefits (including but not limited to, medical, militaall payments I receive from any annuity, pension, retirement benefits, retirement plans, insurance benefits and government program including, but not limited to, Social Security and Medicare; to prepainsurance upon my life or the life of any other appropriate person and to make any elections and disclaimers under such policies. 8. To receive, deposit, hold, demand, deal with and/or sue to recover all monies which may become due and owing to me by reason of such transaction. 7. To apply for, purchase, maintain and/or deal with insurance and annuity contracts, insurance policies, including life sell or encumber any homestead that I now own or may own in the future; the right to remove tenants and to recover possession; and the right to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, recover and receive erty or asset whatsoever, tangible or intangible (now owned or acquired in the future by me) and to execute any necessary document, instrument or deed for such transactions. This includes the right toortgage, improve, repair, exchange, invest, reinvest and in any other manner (on such terms and at prices my Agent may deem proper) deal with all, any part or any interest in any real or personal prop or due in the future, owned by, due, owing payable, or belonging to, me or in which I have or may hereafter acquire any interest, to have, or use. 6. To maintain, manage, insure, lease, rent, sell, mhecks, drafts, causes of action, bequests, deposits, notes, interests, dividends, certificates of deposit, any and all documents of title and demands whatsoever, whether agreed to or disputed, now due claim, against me or asserted on my behalf against any other person or entity.
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5. To receive, hold, possess and/or invest any and all sums of money, accounts, debts, bonds, commercial papers, cever kind and nature as may be. 3. To request, ask, demand, sue and take any and all legal steps necessary to recover and collect any amount or debt owed to me. 4. To adjust, compromise and settle anytutions, proofs of loss, evidences of debts, releases, and satisfaction of mortgages, lien, judgments, security agreements and other debts and obligations and such other instruments in writing of whats, proxies, warrants, commercial papers, withdrawal and deposit slips, certificates of deposit of, or investments with or through banks, savings and loan, brokers, mutual fund companies or other insti covenants, conveyances, deeds, options, trust deeds, security agreements, leases, mortgages, notes, insurance policies, receipts, title documents, checks, drafts, letters of credit, stock certificatexecute any written agreement and document necessary to enter into any such contract and/or agreement, including but not limited to applications, assignments, bills of sale or lading, bonds, contracts,: 1. To conduct, engage in, and transact any and all lawful business of whatever kind or nature, on my behalf and in my name. 2. To enter into binding contracts on my behalf and to sign, endorse and esubstitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights hereby granted. My Agent's powers and authority shall include, but not be limited toction, thing, business, property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, or matter whatsoever as I could do if personally present. I hereby ratify and confirm all acts that my Agent, or my Agent's hall have full power and authority to perform any act, power, duty, legal right or obligation whatsoever that I now have or may later acquire in connection with or relating to any person, item, transa___ maintaining an address at: _____________________________________________________ as my alternate or successor Agent, as necessary, to serve with the same powers, rights and discretions. My Agent s__________________ my true and lawful attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, and in my behalf. If the above named Agent is unable to serve for any reason, I appoint __________________________________ address at _______________________________________________ do hereby make and appoint ________________________________________ ("Agent") maintaining an address at: ___________________________________r legal responsibilities of an agent.
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DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY
Effective upon Disability KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: I, ____________________________________ ("Principal") maintaining anand other health-care decisions for you. You may revoke this power of attorney if you later wish to do so. AGENT: By accepting or acting under the appointment, the agent assumes the fiduciary and othee of this power of attorney document, is legally binding upon you. If you have any questions about these powers, obtain competent legal advice. This document does not authorize anyone to make medical agent") with the power to handle business and legal matters on your behalf, including the power to sell, mortgage or dispose of your property. Any such action undertaken by your agent, within the scopION!
PRINCIPAL: The Powers granted by this power of attorney document are broad and sweeping. Before signing this document, consider its consequences. You ("principal") are providing another person ("n is general information that is not state specific. Whenever appropriate, the instructions included with the forms packages offered for sale, generally include state specific instructions.
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CAUTesses are necessary, if the Agent will deal with any real estate in Florida. Please note that this information is not intended as and is not a substitute for legal advice. Furthermore, this informatioe Power of Attorney to be recorded as a public record, if necessary. Although, some states don't require that a Durable Power of Attorney be witnessed, it is always a very good idea to do so. Two witnspecially if the Agent will be dealing with any real property. Notarization will make it more difficult for any third party to challenge the validity of the Power of Attorney and will allow the Durablorney is signed, in the event the original Agent is unable to serve or continue to serve as the Agent. A Durable Power of Attorney should always be notarized, even if your state does not require it, eof Attorney at any time. Since this Durable Power of Attorney takes effect only after the Principal becomes disabled or incompetent, an alternate Agent can be designated, at the time this Power of Attn the Principal. This is especially important if the Principal is incapacitated when the Power of Attorney goes into effect, or the Agent undertakes the acts. The Principal can revoke a Durable Power ney. A Power of Attorney is a "powerful" instrument and should be granted with care. Any action undertaken by the Agent, within the scope of the Power of Attorney document, will be legally binding uponey" is not used here to mean "lawyer". The person acting as the attorney-in-fact for the Principal does not need to be a lawyer. Almost anyone can be appointed an attorney-in-fact by a power of attort") to act on his or her behalf, even if the Principal later becomes incapacitated. This particular Form becomes effective upon the disability or incapacity of the Principal. Note that the word "attorctive upon Disability A Durable Power of Attorney allows a natural "mentally competent " person (called the "Principal" or "Principal") to authorize someone else (called the "Agent" or "AttorneyIn-Facting a document with another party. [_] The purchase and use of these forms, is subject to the Disclaimers and Terms of Use found at findlegalforms.com
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Durable Power of Attorney Effe not a substitute for legal advice. These forms should only be a starting point for you and should not be used without consulting with an attorney first. An Attorney should be consulted before negotiahoice as Agent is unable to serve or continue to serve as the Agent. This section can be removed, deleted (and initialed) or the words "no one" can be entered. [_] These forms are not intended and are sweeping, as the Agent has the power to handle business and legal matters on the Principal's behalf. [_] This document offers the option of nominating an alternate Agent in the event that the first cthe Agent (or attorney-in-fact) as to the tasks the Agent should complete. The Grantor should also be very careful in the selection of the Agent. The powers granted by this document are very broad and a witness. [_] The Principal should keep the original document, as well as a copy. The Agent should have access to the original document as needed. [_] The Principal should be careful in instructing ecord, if necessary. [_] Two witnesses need to sign the Power of Attorney. The witnesses should be competent adults. Anyone related by blood or marriage to the Principal, Agent or Notary should not beincipal. [_] The Principal (i.e. the person granting the Power of Attorney) should sign the document before a Notary. Notarization will allow the Durable Power of Attorney to be recorded as a public rtion for Durable Power of Attorney Effective upon Disability; (3) Durable Power of Attorney Effective upon Disability [_] This Durable Power of Attorney becomes effective upon the Disability of the PrInstructions & Checklist
Durable Power of Attorney Effective upon Disability [_] This package contains (1) Instructions & Checklist for Durable Power of Attorney Effective upon Disability; (2) Informa Vermont
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