California · Probate Code

PROB §4154: (a) If after executing a power of attorney the principal’s marriage to the attorney-in-fact is dissolved or annulled, the principal’s designation of the former spouse as an attorney-in-fact is revoked

What this law says, in plain English

When a principal's marriage to their attorney-in-fact ends through divorce or annulment, the designation of that former spouse as attorney-in-fact is automatically revoked.

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(a) If after executing a power of attorney the principal’s marriage to the attorney-in-fact is dissolved or annulled, the principal’s designation of the former spouse as an attorney-in-fact is revoked. (b) If the attorney-in-fact’s authority is revoked solely by subdivision (a), it is revived by the principal’s remarriage to the attorney-in-fact.

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