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Texas Probate Code - Chapter XII Durable Power Of Attorney ActLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Probate Code > Texas Probate Code - Chapter XII Durable Power Of Attorney Act This chapter may be cited as the Durable Power of Attorney Act. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 49, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ... A "durable power of attorney" means a written instrument that: (1) designates another person as attorney in fact or agent; (2) is signed by an ... A durable power of attorney does not lapse because of the passage of time unless the instrument creating the power of attorney specifically states a ... All acts done by an attorney in fact or agent pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any period of disability or incapacity of ... (a) If, after execution of a durable power of attorney, a court of the principal's domicile appoints a permanent guardian of the estate of the ... If, after execution of a durable power of attorney, the principal is divorced from a person who has been appointed the principal's attorney in fact ... (a) The revocation by, the death of, or the qualification of a guardian of the estate of a principal who has executed a durable power ... (a) As to acts undertaken in good-faith reliance on the durable power of attorney, an affidavit executed by the attorney in fact or agent under ... After execution of a durable power of attorney, the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy in connection with the principal's debts does ... Unless otherwise provided by the durable power of attorney, a revocation of a durable power of attorney is not effective as to a third party ... A durable power of attorney for a real property transaction requiring the execution and delivery of an instrument that is to be recorded, including a ... (a) The attorney in fact or agent is a fiduciary and has a duty to inform and to account for actions taken pursuant to the ... (a) The following form is known as a "statutory durable power of attorney." A person may use a statutory durable power of attorney to grant ... The principal, by executing a statutory durable power of attorney that confers authority with respect to any class of transactions, empowers the attorney in fact ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to real property transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent without ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring general authority with respect to tangible personal property transactions empowers the attorney in fact or ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to stock and bond transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to commodity and option transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to banking and other financial institution transactions empowers the attorney in fact ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to business operating transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent to: ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to insurance and annuity transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to estate, trust, and other beneficiary transactions empowers the attorney in fact ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring general authority with respect to claims and litigation empowers the attorney in fact or agent ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to personal and family maintenance empowers the attorney in fact or agent ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to benefits from social security, Medicare, Medicaid, or other governmental programs or ... (a) In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to retirement plan transactions empowers the attorney in fact or agent ... In a statutory durable power of attorney, the language conferring authority with respect to tax matters empowers the attorney in fact or agent to: (1) ... The powers described in Sections 492 through 504 of this code may be exercised equally with respect to an interest the principal has at the ... This chapter shall be applied and construed to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |