The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 14 : Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 127 : Vermont Uniform Power of Attorney Act
Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 4018)-
§ 4018. Agent’s resignation; notice
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. (Added 2023, No. 60, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)
