Michigan Durable Power of Attorney Form

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A Michigan durable power of attorney is a legal document that gives an agent the authority to make financial decisions for a principal (the person granting power). This type of POA document remains valid, and the agent retains their powers, even if the principal should become incapable of making their own decisions due to illness or other affliction.

Michigan Durable Power of Attorney Form

A Michigan durable power of attorney is a legal document that gives an agent the authority to make financial decisions for a principal (the person granting power). This type of POA document remains valid, and the agent retains their powers, even if the principal should become incapable of making their own decisions due to illness or other affliction.

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A Michigan durable power of attorney is a legal document that gives an agent the authority to make financial decisions for a principal (the person granting power). This type of POA document remains valid, and the agent retains their powers, even if the principal should become incapable of making their own decisions due to illness or other affliction.

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Signing Requirements

Durable powers of attorney must be signed in the presence of a notary public or two witnesses.[1]

The agent (“attorney-in-fact”) must sign an Acknowledgment of the Attorney-in-Fact’s Responsibilities before they are authorized to act on behalf of the principal.[2]

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Michigan Durable Financial Power Of Attorney

Legal Definition

A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney by which a principal designates another as the principal’s attorney-in-fact in a writing…showing the principal’s intent that the authority conferred is exercisable notwithstanding the principal’s subsequent disability or incapacity…[3]

Sources

  1. § 700.5501(2)
  2. § 700.5501(4)
  3. § 700.5501(1)