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This form is for designating an agent who is empowered to take certain actions regarding your property. It does not authorize anyone to make medical and other healthcare decisions for you.
In Texas, there are several kinds of powers of attorney that will grant the agent the right to accomplish different things on the principal's behalf. This guide will present information about the various kinds, help you understand which may be best for your situation, and link to forms when available.
Texas power of attorney forms enable an individual to choose a trusting person, called an “agent” or “attorney-in-fact,” to make financial, medical, parental/guardianship (minor child), and vehicle-related decisions on their behalf.
Texas's statutory form of durable power of attorney is found in Section 752.051 of the Texas Estates Code. It is a financial durable power of attorney - this means that it only allows the agent to handle financial matters.
Purpose. Except to the extent you state otherwise, this document gives the person you name as your agent the authority to make any and all health care decisions for you in accordance with your wishes, including your religious and moral beliefs, when you are no longer capable of making them yourself.
Statutory Durable Power of Attorney. NOTICE: THE POWERS GRANTED BY THIS DOCUMENT ARE BROAD AND SWEEPING. THEY ARE EXPLAINED IN THE DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT, SUBTITLE P, TITLE 2, OF THE TEXAS ESTATES CODE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE POWERS, OBTAIN COMPETENT LEGAL ADVICE.
The standard form durable power of attorney in Texas can be found in the Texas Estates Code. This form gives your agent very broad powers to act in your name. Use it carefully and with caution.
(a) An individual may use a statutory durable power of attorney to grant an agent powers with respect to an individual's property and financial matters. (b) A power of attorney in substantially the form prescribed by Section 752.051 has the meaning and effect prescribed by this subtitle.
1. I am the agent named in the power of attorney validly executed by _____ ("principal") on _____ (date), and the power of attorney is now in full force and effect. 2. The principal is not deceased and is presently domiciled in _____, Texas. 3.
Texas power of attorney forms allow a person to grant another individual the right to make decisions and act on their behalf. The person handing over power is called the “principal” and the individual being appointed is called the “agent” or “attorney-in-fact."