There are two different types of Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA):
A Health and Welfare LPA enables you to choose one or more people to make decisions for you relating to your health and personal welfare.
A Property and Financial Affairs LPA enables you to appoint one or more people to manage your property and financial affairs at a time when you are no longer physically able to or lack the mental capacity to do so. This could include paying your bills or selling your property.
A power of attorney is the only legal way for a person to appoint someone to act on their behalf …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyThe Office of the Public Guardian can supply certified copies of the original lasting power of attorney document and will …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyIf the donor does not have capacity to make another lasting power of attorney, the attorney or another relevant person …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyThe lasting power of attorney will be terminated. The LPA and a death certificate must be sent to the Office …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyYes, you can object to Enduring Powers of Attorney or a Lasting Powers of Attorney being set up for a …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyDo I Need To Let The Office Of The Public Guardian Know I’m Acting As A Replacement Attorney? Yes. The …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyIf you still have mental capacity to do so you can cancel your Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA). This needs …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyYour attorneys do not have to be paid however you can decide an amount to pay them. If you have …
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