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Kansas Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions
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Kansas · PDF
Kansas General Durable Power of Attorney Form
This linked template grants immediate authority and expressly continues through disability; its power selections concern finances.
Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.
Kansas provides separate financial and medical powers. The Judicial Council lists December 2025 Word forms; additional downloadable PDFs below come from a health system and Kansas Legal Services and are labelled with their actual older status.
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| Purpose | Form and guide | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Financial and property matters | Kansas General Durable Power of Attorney Form | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
| Health care decisions | Kansas Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
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Financial and property matters: The principal signs, dates and acknowledges the durable power before a notary or other authorized officer under K.S.A. 58-652..
Health care decisions: Date and sign using two eligible adult witnesses, or acknowledge before a notary. Witnesses cannot be the agent, specified relatives, heirs or people responsible for health care costs..
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- Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System — published financial template: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Published form (opens in a new tab)
- K.S.A. 58-652, durable powers and execution (opens in a new tab)
- Kansas Judicial Council current forms (opens in a new tab)
- Judicial Council December 2025 update (opens in a new tab)
- Kansas Legal Services — statutory-form PDF: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Published form (opens in a new tab)
- K.S.A. 58-629, authority and execution (opens in a new tab)
- K.S.A. 58-632, statutory medical form (opens in a new tab)
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