Lasting Powers of Attorney

A Lasting Power of Attorney can be of two types.

A Property and Financial Affairs Lasting Power of Attorney is a means of appointing one or more Attorneys to deal with your property and affairs

A Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney is a means of appointing one or more Attorneys to deal with arrangements relating to your health and your personal welfare

There are a legal requirements for both types of Lasting Power of Attorney

The person making a Lasting Power of Attorney is called the Donor

A Donor can give his Attorney(s) power to deal with all matters or limit the power to deal only with matters stated by the Donor in the document

Donors can continue to make their decisions as long as they are capable of doing so

Similarly Donors can revoke a Lasting Power of Attorney as long as they have the capacity to do so

A Lasting Power of Attorney must be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian before it can take effect

If an Attorney is a spouse or civil partner and the marriage or civil partnership is dissolved or annulled their appointment as Attorney will end (unless you have said in your Lasting Power of Attorney that the appointment is to continue)

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