Delaware · PDF
Delaware Advance Health-Care Directive
The directive combines an agent appointment, treatment instructions and anatomical-gift choices; each optional part has a different purpose.
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Delaware · PDF
Delaware Durable Personal Power of Attorney
Financial and property authority continues through incapacity unless otherwise stated; effective timing is selected in the form.
Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.
Use Delaware’s durable personal power of attorney for money and property. Health care uses a separate advance directive. Delaware’s health-care statute changed after the edition of the state’s linked PDF, so compare the packet instructions with the current law before signing.
Choose a document for the decisions involved
| Purpose | Form and guide | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Financial and property matters | Delaware Durable Personal Power of Attorney | Printable statutory-text PDF · website layout |
| Health care decisions | Delaware Advance Health-Care Directive | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
Use each form page for the complete document, the named publisher and its instructions. A financial appointment and a health care appointment serve different purposes.
Compare the signing arrangements
Financial and property matters: Principal signs and dates before a notary and one qualified adult witness; agent must sign the statutory certification before exercising authority..
Health care decisions: The linked older packet requests two qualified witnesses. Current §2504(d) requires one qualified adult witness and has updated exclusions; check those current requirements as well..
These summaries identify the arrangements described by the cited law or selected form. Read the detail page for witness eligibility, exceptions and any differences between a publisher’s instructions and current law.
Prepare the complete document
Discuss the role with your proposed agent and any successor. Read every page before signing, including notices, special powers, treatment choices and agent acknowledgments. Keep the instructions with the form, and give complete copies to the people or institutions that will rely on it.
The directory identifies the publisher and edition instead of implying that all documents come from government. Agency transactions, real estate recording and unusual arrangements can require additional steps.
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Sources and verification
- Delaware General Assembly: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Signing and legal requirements (opens in a new tab)
- Authority and statutory guidance (opens in a new tab)
- Delaware Department of Health and Social Services: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Signing and legal requirements (opens in a new tab)
- Authority and statutory guidance (opens in a new tab)
- Delaware Department of Health and Social Services: complete document (opens in a new tab)
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