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UNIFORM DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT
Uniform Probate Code, Article V, Part V

PURPOSE:
To provide a simple way for people of modest means to deal with their property by providing a power of attorney that will survive after the incompetence of their principal.

ORIGIN:
Completed by the Uniform Law Commissioners in 1979 and amended in 1987.

APPROVED BY:
American Bar Association

STATE ADOPTIONS:
 Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland


Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma


Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
U.S. Virgin Islands
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming




 
For further information regarding the Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act, please contact
Michelle Clayton or Katie Robinson at 312-450-6600.
 
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