Texas Estates Code

§ 751.132 — TERMINATION OF AGENT'S AUTHORITY

ES § 751.132Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part P. DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Ch. 751. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Art. C-2. DURATION OF DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY AND AGENT'S AUTHORITY

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(a)An agent's authority under a durable power of attorney terminates when:

(1)the principal revokes the authority;

(2)the agent dies, becomes incapacitated, is no longer qualified, or resigns;

(3)the agent's marriage to the principal is dissolved by court decree of divorce or annulment or is declared void by a court, unless the power of attorney otherwise provides; or

(4)the power of attorney terminates.

(b)Unless the durable power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent's authority may be exercised until the agent's authority terminates under Subsection (a), notwithstanding a lapse of time since the execution of the power of attorney.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 834 (H.B. 1974), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.