Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation of incapacitated adults, penalty.

Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation; incapacitated adults; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanorfor any person granted authority to act for a principal under a powerof attorney to knowingly or intentionally engage in financial exploitationof an incapacitated adult. The bill also provides that the powerof attorney terminates upon such conviction. This bill is a recommendationof the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.