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[http://www.nidus.ca Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry] provides detailed procedures for revoking a power of attorney, including a sample Notice of Revocation. | [http://www.nidus.ca Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry] provides detailed procedures for revoking a power of attorney, including a sample Notice of Revocation. | ||
== Can your attorney decide to quit? == | == Can your attorney refuse to act or decide to quit? == | ||
Yes. | Yes. If your attorney wants to resign, they must put their decision in writing. The written decision is called a Notice of Resignation. They must give the written Notice of Resignation to you as the person who appointed them and to any other attorneys named in the power of attorney. | ||
If the adult is incapable of making decisions at the time an attorney is resigning, the attorney must also give the Notice of Resignation to a spouse, near relative, or close friend of the adult. | |||
[http://www.nidus.ca/ Nidus] provides detailed procedures for resigning as an attorney, including a sample Notice of Resignation. | |||
If your attorney resigns, you need to notify any organizations, companies or individuals that the attorney deals with, and then you will need to make a new power of attorney. | |||
== Does a new power of attorney cancel the old one? == | == Does a new power of attorney cancel the old one? == |
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