§ 39-12. Power of attorney of married person.
§39‑12. Power of attorney of married person.
Every competent married personof lawful age is authorized to execute, without the joinder of his or herspouse, instruments creating powers of attorney affecting the real and personalproperty of such married person naming either third parties or, subject to the provisions of G.S. 52‑10 or 52‑10.1, his or her spouse as attorney‑in‑fact.When such a married person executes a power of attorney authorized by thepreceding sentence naming his or her spouse as attorney in fact theacknowledgment by the spouse of the grantor is not necessary. Such instrumentsmay confer upon the attorney, and the attorney may exercise, any and all powerswhich lawfully can be conferred upon an attorney‑in‑fact,including, but not limited to, the authority to join in conveyances of realproperty for the purpose of waiving or quitclaiming any rights which may beacquired as a surviving spouse under the provisions of G.S. 29‑30. (1798,c. 510; R.C., c. 37, s. 11; Code, s. 1257; Rev., s. 957; C.S., s. 1002; 1965,c. 856; 1977, c. 375, s. 7; 1979, c. 528, s. 8.)