Make your Connecticut power of attorney.

Key features in Connecticut

• Thirteen lettered subject categories, (A) through (M), appear in clause First of the statutory form, followed by (N) 'All other matters'. Striking out and initialing any one or more of (A) through (M) automatically eliminates (N) as well, so (N) is not a fourteenth co-equal category (Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-352)
• Nine optional estate-planning powers, (O) through (W), appear in the long form only and each requires the principal's separate initials: create, amend, revoke or terminate an inter vivos trust; make a gift; create or change rights of survivorship; create or change a beneficiary designation; waive the right to be a beneficiary of a joint and survivor annuity; exercise fiduciary powers the principal has authority to delegate; disclaim or refuse an interest in property, including a power of appointment; digital devices, digital assets, user accounts and electronically stored information; and intellectual property. They are the same nine acts an agent may perform only where the power of attorney expressly grants the authority. Authorizing another person to exercise the agent's authority was dropped from this list in 2017 by P.A. 17-91; a grant of general authority now carries that permission instead (Conn. Gen. Stat. §§1-351, 1-352)
• Use of a statutory form is permissive. A document substantially in the form of either the short form or the long form may be used to create a statutory power of attorney, and no provision of the Connecticut Uniform Power of Attorney Act bars the use of any other or different form the parties want. The notice to the principal is part of the statutory form, not a freestanding requirement (Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-352)
• Once the power of attorney has been delivered, and unless the power of attorney provides otherwise, a person accepts appointment as agent by exercising authority, performing duties, or any other assertion or conduct indicating acceptance. No notarized agent acknowledgment is required (Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-350l)
• Notarization recommended but not required for validity; acknowledgment creates a presumption that the principal's signature is genuine (§1-350d)