The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 14 : Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations

Chapter 127 : Vermont Uniform Power of Attorney Act

Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS

• § 4016. Judicial relief

  (a) The following persons may petition a court to construe a power of attorney or review the agent’s conduct and grant appropriate relief:

  (1) the principal or the agent;

  (2) a guardian or other fiduciary acting for the principal, including an executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased principal;

  (3) a person authorized to make health-care decisions for the principal;

  (4) the principal’s spouse, parent, or descendant;

  (5) an individual who would qualify as an heir of the principal under the laws of intestacy;

  (6) a person named as a beneficiary to receive any property, benefit, or contractual right on the principal’s death or as a beneficiary of a trust created by or for the principal who has a financial interest in the principal’s estate;

  (7) a governmental agency having regulatory authority to protect the welfare of the principal;

  (8) the principal’s caregiver or another person who demonstrates sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare; and

  (9) a person asked to accept the power of attorney.

  (b) Upon motion by the principal, the court shall dismiss a petition filed under this section, unless the court finds that the principal lacks capacity to revoke the agent’s authority or the power of attorney. (Added 2023, No. 60, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)