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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.
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Wisconsin Power of Attorney for Health Care Form F-00085
The health agent’s decision authority follows the document’s incapacity provisions; health care powers are separate from property management.
Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.
Wisconsin DHS publishes separate finance-and-property and health care packets. Keep the full notices and instructions, and do not confuse the financial acknowledgment guidance with the medical form’s two-witness requirement.
Choose a document for the decisions involved
| Purpose | Form and guide | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Financial and property matters | Wisconsin Power of Attorney for Finances and Property Form F-00036 | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
| Health care decisions | Wisconsin Power of Attorney for Health Care Form F-00085 | 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: The principal signs. DHS explains that notarization is not universally required, but acknowledgment creates a presumption of genuineness and aids acceptance..
Health care decisions: The principal and two eligible adult witnesses sign together. A notary alone does not replace the two witnesses for this form..
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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.
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Sources and verification
- Wisconsin Department of Health Services: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Published form (opens in a new tab)
- Wisconsin DHS advance-directive overview (opens in a new tab)
- Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 244 (opens in a new tab)
- Published form (opens in a new tab)
- Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 155 (opens in a new tab)
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