Sec. 751.053. EFFECT OF PRINCIPAL'S DIVORCE OR MARRIAGE ANNULMENT IF FORMER SPOUSE IS ATTORNEY IN FACT OR AGENT    


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  • Unless otherwise expressly provided by the durable power of attorney, if, after execution of a durable power of attorney, the principal is divorced from a person who has been appointed the principal's attorney in fact or agent or the principal's marriage to a person who has been appointed the principal's attorney in fact or agent is annulled, the powers of the attorney in fact or agent granted to the principal's former spouse terminate on the date the divorce or annulment of marriage is granted by a court.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 , Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2014.