How to revoke a power of attorney in Connecticut

What Connecticut law says about revoking a power of attorney, and a free letter you can fill in and print.

Checked against official sources: October 31, 2026.

Short answer

You can revoke the power of attorney or your agent's authority. The Act does not set a required method of revocation.

Words used in Connecticut

In Connecticut you name an agent for money and property in a power of attorney, and a health care representative for medical decisions. Your treatment wishes go in a living will, and both can be in one document. If an adult cannot manage and has no documents, the Probate Court can appoint a conservator.

An agent (also called an attorney-in-fact) is the person you choose to act for you. You are the principal.

Money and property
Power of attorney; durable statutory power of attorney - short form and long form
The person you choose
Agent
Health care
Appointment of health care representative
Treatment wishes
Living will
Court-appointed decision-maker
Conservator of the person and conservator of the estate (voluntary or involuntary representation, temporary conservator); guardianship under sections 45a-669 to 45a-684 is used for adults with intellectual disability

What Connecticut law says about revoking a power of attorney

How to revoke

You can revoke the power of attorney or your agent's authority. The Act does not set a required method of revocation.

Telling others

A revocation does not affect an agent or another person who, without actual knowledge of it, acts in good faith under the power of attorney.

Law: Conn. Gen. Stat. 1-350i

Source: Official text

Free letter: revoke a power of attorney

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When it ends and how to revoke it

It ends when
  • You die
  • You become incapacitated, if the power of attorney is not durable
  • You revoke it
  • It says it ends, or its purpose is accomplished
  • You revoke the agent's authority, or the agent dies, becomes incapacitated or resigns, and no other agent is named
  • A court terminates it after appointing a conservator of your estate
  • For the agent's authority: an action is filed to dissolve or annul the agent's marriage to you, or for legal separation, unless the document says otherwise
Banks and other businesses

A person asked to accept an acknowledged power of attorney must accept it, or ask for an agent's certification, translation or lawyer's opinion, within 7 business days, and must then accept it within 5 business days after receiving it. They may not demand a different form. Exceptions include good-faith doubts and reports of suspected abuse to the Department of Social Services. A probate court or court of general jurisdiction can order acceptance and award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party.

Law: Conn. Gen. Stat. 1-350r, 1-350s

Law: Conn. Gen. Stat. 1-350g, 1-350i

Good to know in Connecticut

  • Connecticut requires two witnesses for every power of attorney signed in the state since October 1, 2016; a notary is not required by the Act but is called for on the statutory short and long forms.

    Law: Conn. Gen. Stat. 1-350d, 1-352

  • An appointment of a health care representative can be revoked only in a writing signed by you and two witnesses, while a living will can be revoked in any manner.

    Law: Conn. Gen. Stat. 19a-575a(b), 19a-579a

  • A Probate Court may not appoint a conservator if your needs are already being met by your agent under a power of attorney or your health care representative.

    Law: Conn. Gen. Stat. 45a-650(f)(3)

  • Connecticut has no supported decision-making statute; a 2026 Special Act created a study group.

    Law: Special Act 26-12

Changes in 2024–2026

P.A. 24-68 (effective May 28, 2024) removed the witness-signature requirement from the Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) program. P.A. 24-97 amended notice rules in conservatorship proceedings (section 45a-649). P.A. 23-161 (effective July 1, 2024) amended a conservatorship section in chapter 802h. Special Act 26-12 (signed June 2, 2026) created a working group to study supported decision-making. No 2024-2026 amendments were found in the Uniform Power of Attorney Act sections (1-350 to 1-353b).

Law: Conn. Gen. Stat. 19a-580h

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