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Challenging the new POA is costly and difficult. My brother-in-law tricked my mother-in-law into making him POA after she had carefully chosen my husband originally. We had to go to court and have her declared incapacitated in order to invalidate the new POA. It was grueling. We won (and she won as she would have been in very bad hands with my brother in law) but I can't recommend doing this unless it's dire.
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I have a Durable Power of Attorney for my Dad. If you look in the wording of the document, most have the wording or similar to: "this DPOA or POA is in place of or replacing a previous DPOA or POA." Something in that regard. Sometimes that can vary State to State. My suggestion is if you can look at the document and it does say this and was signed by a Notary or executed by an attorney, it is, in fact, legal and binding. I have experience in the legal system in two different States and there are various differences. I hope this helps.
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DPOA = Durable Power of Attorney
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The D means Durable. Most people use POA but still have a durable Power of Attorney. People can assign someone as POA for a limited time over some particular issue, but a durable POA is broad and continues even when the person for whom it's created becomes incapacitated. In most cases, when a new POA is created it replaces the previous one. For legal advice always check with an attorney.
Take care,
Carol
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Please tell us what DPOA stands for.
Also, in my state, North Carolina, POA must be registered with a county offices. Not knowing what DPOA means, I can't address that.

Grace + Peace,
Bob
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I'd like to learn the answer to this question, as well.
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