Section 244.18. Agent's resignation; notice.  


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  • 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 any of the following:
    (1)  To the guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or successor agent.
    (2)  If there is no person described in sub. (1) , to any of the following:
    (a) The principal's caregiver.
    (b) Another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal's welfare.
    (c) A governmental agency having regulatory authority to protect the welfare of the principal.