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Power of Attorney
Lasting Power of Attorney is a legal document that allows you to appoint people you trust to manage your affairs during your lifetime. Having a valid Lasting Power of Attorney in place ensures that your financial affairs and personal welfare are in safe hands when this might be needed, if you lose mental or physical capacity as a result of illness or accident.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a document which, once registered, allows attorneys that you choose to manage your affairs should you become unable to.
There are two types of Lasting Power of Attorney
The Property & Financial Affairs LPA
This LPA gives your attorneys the power to manage your finances. They can handle your bank accounts, pay your bills, manage your investments, and deal with any property you own.
The Health & Welfare LPA
This LPA gives your attorneys the power to make decisions for you over aspects such as: where you live, the type of care you receive, the care provider; you are also able to give them the power to consent to/refuse medical treatment on your behalf.
Your attorney should only ever be someone you trust, whether that be a close friend or family member, or a professional organisation. You choose and appoint your attorneys and should never feel pressured into appointing someone. This person will have the power to make decisions for you should you become unable to make them yourself.
You can only create an LPA if you have the required mental capacity. Should you lose capacity you will be unable to make an LPA and your family will have to go through the Court of Protection (CoP) in order to obtain a Deputyship Order to be able to manage things for you. This takes considerable time and is an expensive process. This adds an additional level of stress and anxiety at an already difficult time, which is certainly far from ideal if you have people who are financially dependent on you.
Your attorneys can only act for you when the LPA has been registered with the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG). Best practice would be to have the LPAs created, registered and stored safely whilst you still have the required mental capacity. Once you lose capacity, you cannot create or amend these documents.
The short answer is yes. However, the paperwork needs to be filled out correctly, and signed in a specific order. It is important that you receive professional advice so that you can make properly informed decisions. If you don’t fully understand the process, then this can be very stressful.
In addition, when you register the document with the OPG, any errors will lead to the document being rejected and a further fee being charged*.
*Remissions and exemptions may apply.
The loss of mental capacity or the inability to be able to make your own decisions could arise from a number of different circumstances including:
Hospital Confinement
A Serious Accident
Senile Dementia
Yes. You can cancel your LPA at any time, however if it has been registered, a formal process with the OPG will need to be followed. This means it will no longer take effect. You will need to understand what you are doing and be able to make your own decisions.
If you don’t have people around you that you trust whole-heartedly, you can always appoint a professional attorney (speak to our team for more information) to act in your best interests. It’s important to understand that your attorneys cannot do whatever they like. They must strictly adhere to the law as stated in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and must make decisions in your best interest. Attorneys are accountable to the Court of Protection.
It is important that you seek advice in this specialist area and a member of our friendly team will be able to answer your questions, provide insight and assist you in creating these important legal documents.
There is the risk that it could cost more money in the long run if these documents aren’t created properly.
