Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs), like a Property and Financial Affairs LPA, enables someone to make decisions for you in relation to your property and financial affairs.
EPA has now been replaced by an LPA for Property and Financial Affairs and it is no longer possible to make a new EPA. If you have an EPA in place it can, however, still be used provided it was signed before October 2007. An EPA only needs to be registered at the Court of Protection if the donor has lost mental capacity.
Someone who can confirm the donor has the full mental capacity and understands what giving power of attorney means. A …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyEnduring power of attorney (EPA) was the system that was in place before LPAs. You can no longer make an …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyThe attorney’s powers will depend upon the type of Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) that has been set up and …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyIf you don’t make an LPA, and later become unable to make certain decisions for yourself, there may be a …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyYes but only if they have the capacity to do so.
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyA power of attorney is the only legal way for a person to appoint someone to act on their behalf …
Read more Lasting Powers of AttorneyNo. However if the donor still has the capacity to cancel the existing lasting power of attorney, they can do …
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 …
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