---
title: "Review existing powers of attorney and health-care directives"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/review-existing-enduring-powers-guardianship-orders-and-advance-care-dir/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A18-T1-R10-US"
practice_area: "Elder Law & Powers of Attorney / Guardianship"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Review existing powers of attorney and health-care directives

> For each instrument, extract the date, the agents, whether a successor is named, and any expiration or revocation language on the face of the document. Do not say the document is valid or still in force.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Elder Law & Powers of Attorney / Guardianship](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | For each instrument, extract the date, the agents, whether a successor is named, and any expiration or revocation language on the face of the document. Do not say the document is valid or still in force. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide validity, revocation, and whether a later document conflicts. Compare financial powers with the state power-of-attorney statute, using the Uniform Law Commission text only as a map of topics. Compare health-care documents with state law. Section 489.102 tells you what a hospital or nursing facility must explain about state-law rights. It does not validate a particular form. Formal Opinion 512: do not accept a generated conclusion that an agent still has authority. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Review existing enduring powers, guardianship orders and advance care directives](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/review-existing-enduring-powers-guardianship-orders-and-advance-care-dir.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: For each instrument, extract the date, the agents, whether a successor is named, and any expiration or revocation language on the face of the document. Do not say the document is valid or still in force.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A power that names an agent who has died or resigned needs the successor clause read in full, not a generated assumption.
- Keep family financial records out of a public tool under Model Rule 1.6.

## Sources

- [Uniform Law Commission: Power of Attorney Act](https://www.uniformlaws.org/committees/community-home?CommunityKey=b1975254-8370-4a7c-947f-e5af0d6cb07c) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [42 CFR § 489.102 (advance-directive requirements for providers)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-IV/subchapter-G/part-489/subpart-I/section-489.102) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Enduring power of attorney (ACT approved form AF2017-45): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-act-enduring-power-of-attorney.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to approved form AF2017-45, the enduring power of attorney under the Powers of Attorney Act 2006 (ACT), section 96. Notified on 6 February 2017 and effective on 8 March 2017.… |
| [Health direction (ACT approved form AF2017-46): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-act-health-direction.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to approved form AF2017-46, the health direction under the Medical Treatment (Health Directions) Act 2006 (ACT), section 21. Notified on 6 February 2017 and effective on 8 March 2017.… |
| [Revocation of an enduring power of attorney, with notices to the attorney, banks and NSW Land Registry Services](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/revocation-of-enduring-power-of-attorney-and-notices.md) | Notice | Yellow | An instrument by which a principal with capacity revokes an enduring power of attorney, a notice of revocation to each attorney, a letter to banks and others holding a copy, and the steps to… |
| [Statement of Choices (ACT advance care planning): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-act-statement-of-choices.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the ACT Statement of Choices form for a competent adult, on the advance care planning page. The page gives no approved-form number. The booklet includes the form. The PDF was not opened.… |
| [Advance Personal Plan (Northern Territory): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-nt-advance-personal-plan.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Northern Territory Advance Personal Plan form. The page gives no form number.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*