Queensland Consolidated Acts

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 - SECT 89

89 Maintain principal’s dependants

(1) An attorney for financial matters for an individual may provide from the principal’s estate for the needs of a dependant of the principal.

(2) However, unless there is a contrary intention expressed in the enduring power of attorney, what is provided must not be more than what is reasonable having regard to all the circumstances and, in particular, the principal’s financial circumstances.