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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-6-36. Effect of incompetency or incapacity of principal on power of attorney.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-6-36. Effect of incompetency or incapacity of principal on power of attorney.

A written power of attorney, unless expressly providing otherwise, shall not be terminated by the incompetency or incapacity of the principal. The power to act as an attorney in fact for a principal who subsequently becomes incompetent or incapacitated shall remain in force until such time as a conservator or receiver shall be appointed for the principal or until some other judicial proceeding shall terminate the power.

## History

Code 1933, § 4-214.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 493, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 2; Ga. L. 2008, p. 715, § 1/SB 508.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing revocation of proxy upon maker’s incapacity, see 17 Ga. St. B. J. 88 (1980).