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D.C. Code § 21-2077 Foreign conservator; proof of authority; bond; powers
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If a conservator has not been appointed in the District and no petition in a protective proceeding is pending in the District, a conservator appointed in the state in which the protected individual resides may file with the court authenticated copies of letters of appointment and…
D.C. Code § 21-2081 Definition
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A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney by which a principal designates, in writing, another as his or her attorney in fact and the writing contains the words “This power of attorney shall not be affected by subsequent disability or incapacity of the principal, or laps…
D.C. Code § 21-2082 Durable power of attorney not affected by incapacity
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All acts done by an attorney in fact pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any period of incapacity of the principal have the same effect and inure to the benefit of and bind the principal and his successors in interest as if the principal were not incapacitated.
D.C. Code § 21-2083 Relation of attorney in fact to court-appointed fiduciary
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(a) If, following execution of a durable power of attorney, a court of the principal’s domicile appoints a conservator, guardian of the estate, or other fiduciary charged with the management of all of the principal’s property or all of his or her property except specific exclusio…