O.C.G.A.
10-6B-18 (2019)
Resignation of agent
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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: (1) To the conservator or guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or successor agent; or
(2) If there is no person described in paragraph (1) of this Code section, to:
(A) The principal’s caregiver; or
(B) Another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare.
History
Code 1981, § 10-6B-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221.