§ 64.2-1634 Personal and family maintenance
A. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to personal and family maintenance authorizes the agent to:
1. Perform the acts necessary to maintain the customary standard of living of the principal, the principal’s spouse, and the following individuals, whether living when the power of attorney is executed or later born:
a. The individuals legally entitled to be supported by the principal; and
b. The individuals whom the principal has customarily supported or indicated the intent to support;
2. Make periodic payments of child support and other family maintenance required by a court or governmental agency or an agreement to which the principal is a party;
3. Provide living quarters for the individuals described in subdivision 1 by:
a. Purchase, lease, or other contract; or
b. Paying the operating costs, including interest, amortization payments, repairs, improvements, and taxes, for premises owned by the principal or occupied by those individuals;
4. Provide normal domestic help, usual vacations and travel expenses, and funds for shelter, clothing, food, appropriate education, including postsecondary and vocational education, and other current living costs for the individuals described in subdivision 1;
5. Pay expenses for necessary health care and custodial care on behalf of the individuals described in subdivision 1;
6. Act as the principal’s personal representative pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, §§ 1171 through 1179 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1320d, as amended, and applicable regulations, in making decisions related to the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care consented to by the principal or anyone authorized under the law of the Commonwealth to consent to health care on behalf of the principal;
7. Continue any provision made by the principal for automobiles or other means of transportation, including registering, licensing, insuring, and replacing them, for the individuals described in subdivision 1;
8. Maintain credit and debit accounts for the convenience of the individuals described in subdivision 1 and open new accounts; and
9. Continue payments incidental to the membership or affiliation of the principal in a religious institution, club, society, order, or other organization or to continue contributions to those organizations.
B. Authority with respect to personal and family maintenance is neither dependent upon, nor limited by, authority that an agent may or may not have with respect to gifts under this chapter.
History
This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 455 and 632 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapter 614.
2010, cc. 455, 632, § 26-107; 2012, c. 614.