Can I Speak to Someone in Charge?

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It is no longer possible to make a new EPA. However, if an EPA was made before 1 October 2007, it can still be registered and, if it is already registered, it will still be valid. If you want to look after the affairs of someone who has already lost their mental capacity and does not already have either a registered LPA or an EPA, see under heading Who can make decisions when someone loses mental capacity and there's no power of attorney? Types of lasting power of attorney

you think you may develop a mental health problem or other disease which can lead to mental incapacity In some cases, someone who is bankrupt can't be an attorney. If an attorney becomes bankrupt, power of attorney may be taken away. When you make an LPA, you can request that certain people should be notified when the LPA is registered. This helps to protect you against fraud and being pressurised into making the LPA. You should use form LP3 to notify the people named in your LPA, before you apply to register it.If you are unable to collect your benefits or tax credits for any reason, you might want someone else to collect them for you. Written with gumption, fearlessness and sharp wit, Can I Speak to Someone in Charge? is a window into the ridiculous ideologies and the absurd expectations that shape the lives of modern women. If you want to manage the affairs of someone who you think might lose their mental capacity and you don't already have an EPA, a lasting power of attorney should be used. It's important to know whether someone has the mental capacity to make a decision. This could affect the options you have for dealing with their affairs, such as whether it's still possible to make a lasting power of attorney (LPA)– see under heading Lasting power of attorney.

The LPA must always include authority for the attorney to make decisions once the donor has lost their mental capacity. Health and welfare lasting power of attorney The person appointed to act on behalf of the donor is called an attorney. Anyone can be an attorney, as long as: If you want someone to look after your affairs for a long period of time, you can give them a lasting power of attorney (LPA). An LPA is different from an ordinary power of attorney because: Once you've filled in these forms, you will need to register the LPA with the Office of the Public Guardian. If you're the donor and you still have mental capacity, you can apply to register the LPA yourself. The person named as your attorney can also apply to register the LPA. They can do this at any time, whether you have lost mental capacity or not. You must keep separate up-to-date accounts of the donor's financial affairs. When you are acting on the donor's behalf and have to sign any documents, you should sign your usual signature and add, beneath the signature, the words Attorney for ... (donor's name).You should also make an LPA if you have been diagnosed with, or think you might develop, an illness which might prevent you from making decisions for yourself at some time in the future. You may need to make decisions for someone who has lost their mental capacity when there's no lasting power of attorney or enduring power of attorney.