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New Jersey Durable Power of Attorney Law

Power of Attorney and Health Care – General – New Jersey

46:2B-8.1: This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Revised Durable Power of Attorney Act.”

46:2B-8.2:

a.A power of attorney is a written instrument by which an individual known as the principal authorizes another individual or individuals or a qualified bank within the meaning of P.L.1948, c.67, s.28 (C.17:9A-28) known as the attorney-in-fact to perform specified acts on behalf of the principal as the principal’s agent.

b.A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney which contains the words “this power of attorney shall not beaffected by subsequent disability or incapacity of the principal, or lapse of time,” or ” this power of attorney shall becomeeffective upon the disability or incapacity of the principal,” or similar words showing the intent of the principal that the authority conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding the principal’s subsequent disability or incapacity, and unless it states a time of termination, notwithstanding the lapse of time since the execution of the instrument.

c.Unless otherwise defined in the instrument, a principal shall be under a disability if the principal is unable to manage his property and affairs effectively; and an attorney-in-fact shall be under a disability if the attorney-in-fact is unable to exercise the authority conferred by the power of attorney effectively.

46:2B-8.3: All acts done by an attorney-in-fact pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any period when the power of attorney is effective in accordance with its terms, including any period when the principal is under a disability, have the same effect and inure to the benefit of and bind the principal and the principal’s successors in interest as if the principal were competent and not disabled. Unless the instrument states a time of termination, the power is exercisable notwithstanding the lapse of time since the execution of the instrument.

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