Lasting Power of Attorney

We provide Lasting Power of Attorney in Andover Hampshire and all across the south of England. For more areas see our About Us page.

What happens if you lose mental capacity?

It is an unfortunate fact of life that as we get older, many of us will lose mental capacity. Without a Power of Attorney your nearest and dearest will be unable to make decisions about your care, accommodation and finances until they have been appointed a deputy by the Court of Protection.

Appointing a Deputy through the Court of Protection is a long drawn-out process that can be expensive. Many people wrongly assume that if they are married or in a civil partnership, any decisions will automatically be made by their spouse. Without a Power of Attorney, this is not the case.

Lasting Power of Attorney Andover
Lasting Power of Attorney Andover

There are two different types of Lasting Power of Attorney, these are explained below.

LPA – Health and Welfare

This comes into force on mental incapacity and is used to give the nominated attorney the power to decide on your day to day and long term welfare, when you are unable to do so yourself.

Examples would be:

  • Medical care and decisions
  • When it’s the right time to move into a care home
  • Life-sustaining treatment

LPA – Property and Financial Affairs

This gives the Attorney the power to make decisions about your finances and property:

Examples would be:

  • Paying your household or care home bills
  • Selling your property
  • Managing your bank accounts
  • Major home improvements

This type of Lasting Power of Attorney is often drawn to come into force at any time at the wish of the donor and enables the Attorneys to carry out the wishes of the donor if these become too taxing for the donor to do themselves.

So what can Davies Estate Planning do to help?

  • Draw up a Lasting Power of Attorney suited to you and your family’s needs.
  • Register the document for you with the Office of the Public Guardian.
  • Ensure everything is set up and in place should the worst happen.

If you would like to have a no-obligation chat about a Power of Attorney, please contact me.

Andrew is very knowledgeable regarding estate planning. He took both my husband and myself through each option of the different type of wills which was really helpful as my husband had children from a previous marriage and we needed to protect some of my husbands money for them. He was friendly, approachable, professional and really helpful. When we suddenly thought of changes we needed to make, nothing was too much trouble. His total focus was on producing wills that worked for us. Would highly recommend him.

Andrew helped my husband with our wills, he was very professional and fully explained every detail nothing was too much trouble. He also helped with our Power of Attorneys. Andrew has a very pleasant manner and is very punctual with appointments. I would most certainly recommend him. The whole experience was good!

We recently got Andrew to re new my mothers will we were very pleased with the service he provided and appreciated the journey to make sure it was signed and sealed would use him again and recommend his services.

Andrew was always punctual and polite. He ensured that we understood each stage of the process, and the terminology used in the documents.

Andrew was understanding, professional, courteous and punctual. Happy to recommend him.

Andrew took great care to produce four Lasting Powers of Attorney for us and navigated us through the OPG system. They are all now safely registered and we were very grateful for his expert advice and assistance.

Very professional, explaining, and checking, we understand the wording and process.

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