Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: Urgent help needed....power of attorney

If your friend is legally competent, have him sign and notarize the revocation immediately. He should bring a copy to the bank, perhaps record it with the county recorder, etc. The new wife does not necessarily become the attorney in fact for premarital assets.

Re: Urgent help needed....power of attorney

You and/or your friend should locate and read the following provisions of California law, which are available on line or at libraries, and are fairly easily understood:

Probate Code section 4151, dealing with revocation of powers of attorney;

Probate Code section 4152, covering termination of the authority contained in the power of attorney;

Probate Code section 4153, covering revocation of the authority of an attorney-in-fact;

Probate Code section 4154, providing that the dissolution or annulling of the principal's marriage to the attorney-in-fact also revokes the authority of the former spouse.

This may be helpful, but it won't make you an expert or necessarily show you how to handle the problem. It's a starting point. Very possibly the principal is going to need a lawyer.