Sec. 752.111. PERSONAL AND FAMILY MAINTENANCE. The language conferring authority with respect to personal and family maintenance in a statutory durable power of attorney empowers the attorney in fact or agent to:
(1) perform the acts necessary to maintain the customary standard of living of the principal, the principal's spouse and children, and other individuals customarily or legally entitled to be supported by the principal, including:
(A) providing living quarters by purchase, lease, or other contract; or
(B) paying the operating costs, including interest, amortization payments, repairs, and taxes on premises owned by the principal and occupied by those individuals;
(2) provide for the individuals described by Subdivision (1):
(A) normal domestic help;
(B) usual vacations and travel expenses; and
(C) money for shelter, clothing, food, appropriate education, and other living costs;
(3) pay necessary medical, dental, and surgical care, hospitalization, and custodial care for the individuals described by Subdivision (1);
(4) continue any provision made by the principal for the individuals described by Subdivision (1) for automobiles or other means of transportation, including registering, licensing, insuring, and replacing the automobiles or other means of transportation;
(5) maintain or open charge accounts for the convenience of the individuals described by Subdivision (1) and open new accounts the attorney in fact or agent considers desirable to accomplish a lawful purpose; and
(6) continue:
(A) payments incidental to the membership or affiliation of the principal in a church, club, society, order, or other organization; or
(B) contributions to those organizations.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2014.
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