Georgia § 10-6B-18 - Resignation of agent.

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§ 10-6B-18. Resignation of agent.

Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent's resignation, an agent may resign by giving notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated: To the conservator or guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or successor agent; or If there is no person described in paragraph (1) of this Code section, to: The principal's caregiver; or Another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal's welfare. (Code 1981, § 10-6B-18 , enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221.)

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