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STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF ____________________________

DURABLE GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary, and witnesses, came, _________________________________, SS

# XXX-XX-_________, who resides at ________________________________________________,

(Principal) who appoints ____________________________________________, SS

# XXX-XX-_________, who resides at _______________________________________________, as

Agent. Agent accepts and agrees to be bound by this General Power of Attorney (Agency). Agent's

powers will be exercised until further notice by Principal.

ARTICLE I Durability.

This Agency is "durable" and shall not be deemed revoked by my disability or incapacity. In the event

that I am interdicted, or declared incapacitated for any reason, then I appoint my Agent herein as my

curator or guardian over both my person and my property.

ARTICLE II PROHIBITED POWERS

Notwithstanding the breadth of powers granted to my Agent in this Agency, my Agent shall not have or

exercise any of the following powers:

Life Insurance. Any power or incident of ownership over any policy insuring my Agent's life.

Gifts. Any power or authority over any irrevocable trust created by Agent, if I am a trustee or

beneficiary of that trust. Nor shall my Agent have any power over any property my Agent may have

donated to me.

Powers. Any power or authority to appoint any of my property to my Agent, to my Agent's estate, to

my Agent's creditors, or to the creditors of my Agent's estate. My Agent shall have no power or

authority to disclaim any assets on my behalf if the result would cause them to pass directly or indirectly

to my Agent or his or her estate in any one calendar year. My Agent shall have no power or authority to

discharge any of my Agent's legal obligations out of my property, including any obligation of support

which my Agent may owe to others unless my Agent and I are equally obligated to render such support.

ARTICLE III PROPERTY

"Property" means all of my interests in property whether movable, immovable, real, personal, corporeal

in incorporeal, tangible, intangible and mixed, wherever located, however acquired, whether owned by

me now or hereafter acquired by me or on my behalf by Agent or by third persons. With regard to

Property, Agent may:

General Powers. Have all of the powers that may be conferred upon agents under applicable law. If a

question shall arise as to whether Agent has a particular power, this agency shall be liberally construed

as granting such power. Should future changes in the law expand the powers of agents, my Agent shall

have those expanded powers.

Additional Powers. Without limiting my Agent's powers granted by the preceding paragraph, if those

powers do not include the following, my Agent shall also have all of the following powers:

Purchases and Sales. To purchase, sell, exchange, partition or otherwise acquire and dispose of

Property, at public or private sale for such purposes and upon such terms, including sales on credit, with

or without security in such manner, and at such prices as my Agent may determine. My Agent may

purchase U.S. Government bonds redeemable at par in payment of federal estate taxes.

Operation of Businesses; Changes in Corporate Structure. To continue to operate or participate in the

operation of any of my business interests, so long as my Agent may deem it advisable, to change the

nature of the business, or enlarge or diminish the scope of its activities, to dissolve or liquidate it, or to

participate in any incorporation, change merger, consolidation, reorganization, dissolution or

liquidation. To participate in any plan of liquidation, reorganization, consolidation or merger involving

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