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§ 59-7-10 Appointment of conservator terminates power of attorney.

SD Codified L § 59-7-10 (2019) (N/A)
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59-7-10. Appointment of conservator terminates power of attorney. If a conservator of the principal is appointed after the occurrence of the disability or incapacity referred to in § 59-7-2.1, any power of attorney authorizing an agent to act on the principal's finances or estate is terminated at the time of the appointment and the person acting under the power of attorney shall account to the conservator rather than to the principal.

Source: SL 2016, ch 120, § 35.

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