LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Phillip A. Reinsch, Lance Phillips and Lindsey Crabbe signing singly, as
the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity
as an officer and/or director of Capstead Mortgage Corporation (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, and 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and
any stock exchange or similar authority, including the preparation and filing of
a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain a CIK number, access codes and passwords as are required
in order to enable the undersigned to file the Form 3, 4, and 5 electronically
with the SEC;

	(3)	seek or obtain, as the undersigneds representative and on the undersigneds
behalf, information on transactions in the Companys securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to each of the undersigneds attorneys-in-fact appointed by this
Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

	(4) 	take any and other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by or for, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his
or her discretion, determines to be reasonable.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to
the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 10th day of August, 2020.


	/s/ Patsy Joseph Augustine
	Signature


	Patsy Joseph Augustine
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