Sec. 1-55. General authority of agent.
Sec. 1-55. General authority of agent. In a statutory short form power of attorney,
the language conferring general authority with respect to all other matters shall be construed to mean that the principal authorizes the agent to act as an alter ego of the principal
with respect to any matters and affairs not enumerated in sections 1-44 to 1-54, inclusive,
except health care decisions, and which the principal can do through an agent.
(February, 1965, P.A. 573, S. 14; P.A. 91-406, S. 1, 29; P.A. 06-195, S. 59; P.A. 07-252, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 91-406 made a technical change, substituting reference to Sec. 1-54a for reference to Sec. 1-54; P.A. 06-195 substituted reference to Sec. 1-54 for reference to Sec. 1-54a; P.A. 07-252 removed health care decisions from the
general authority conferred to an agent in a statutory short form power of attorney.