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Wisconsin Power of Attorney for Finances and Property Form F-00036

Authority ordinarily starts immediately and continues through incapacity unless the document specifies a different start or termination rule.

Jurisdiction
Wisconsin
Purpose
Durable financial
Source / form version
F-00036, October 2024
Resource format
PDF
Signing
The principal signs. DHS explains that notarization is not universally required, but acknowledgment creates a presumption of genuineness and aids acceptance.
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Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.

Use the full Wisconsin financial packet

DHS publishes a fifteen-page finance-and-property PDF. Its instructions distinguish the principal’s own continuing rights from the additional powers granted to an agent. The document also contains the agent’s duties and certification material. Read the notices before filling in the appointment and keep the complete document available for recipients.

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Review powers and compensation

Select the intended financial subjects and review optional powers carefully. Gifts and transactions benefiting the agent require particular attention. The DHS instructions say reasonable compensation applies unless special instructions change it. A financial appointment does not grant medical or long-term-care decision authority; the health care form serves that separate purpose.

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Address start dates and earlier documents

DHS describes the default as immediate and durable, with different terms possible in the document. It also warns that signing a new power does not automatically revoke an earlier one. Identify any intended cancellation and inform recipients. Although acknowledgment is not universally mandatory, arranging it can help financial institutions evaluate the principal’s signature. Review the completed name and contact fields with the agent and alternate. Keep a recipient list with your retained copy to make later updates easier to communicate.

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Common questions

Does a new financial form automatically revoke the old one?

No. DHS expressly says that execution of a new power does not automatically revoke a prior appointment.

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Does the financial form need two medical-form witnesses?

Do not import the health-form rule. DHS describes principal signing and the benefits of acknowledgment for the financial form.

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Related forms and guides

Sources and verification

  1. Wisconsin Department of Health Services: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
  2. Published form (opens in a new tab)
  3. Wisconsin DHS advance-directive overview (opens in a new tab)
  4. Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 244 (opens in a new tab)

15-page F-00036 PDF downloaded and inspected, AcroForm fields detected; current DHS listing says October 2024. Legislative-site fetches timed out, so execution and timing description is attributed to DHS’s current published instructions.

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