I (22F) was made to sign a durable financial power of attorney and a durable power of attorney to my parents and their friend, when I was fresh out of highschool. My parents are abusive and I no longer wish for them to have this power over me. It makes me extremely uncomfortable. I was not in a good mental state due to their abuse when I signed it. I was being manipulated and controlled. Thankfully I said I would not sign them unless they gave me a copy of both the documents. So I have the original copies of both.
My parents have screwed up my finances with the financial power of attorney. Both documents were signed in location: Maryland originally and we all still live there. Can I revoke both powers of attorney without their consent? If I can how do I go about doing this? The financial power of attorney states that copies may be used. If I revoke this, can my parents still technically use copies even if the original is destroyed? I do not trust them not to try and do something like that.
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>Can I revoke both powers of attorney without their consent?
Yes.
>If I can how do I go about doing this?
It would be best to let a lawyer do it so they can advise you what’s the most effective way to get notice out that it’s been revoked.
>If I revoke this, can my parents still technically use copies even if the original is destroyed?
They can try and it’s possible wherever they try to use it will let them. But if you’ve put them on notice that it’s been revoked and they try, they’re committing criminal fraud.
You do not need their consent. I recommend talking to a local attorney since you’re worried that they will use the revoked power of attorney, so you can reduce the risk.
You would be providing notice of the revocation to your banks, etc so they couldn’t keep using the old poa.
The easiest way to revoke is to either create a new document in which you give someone else power of attorney, but only when you are incapacitated, that document will contain a revocation. You can also simply provide a written revocation. I would suggest, given the abuse, that you look into having an attorney handle this along with giving your parents notice of the revocation. That why you will be sure it is properly done and you won’t have to communicate with them. You might also address the abuses of the financial power of attorney that have already occurred with the lawyer and see if anything can be done.