Lasting Power of Attorney

ha ha I'm on the wrong page to be talking about my house purchase, apologies, half asleep!

@Shandy57 I am now wondering.... Hmmm. All I know is, when we did it for my inlaws we downloaded the forms and they filled them in. They didn't use a solicitor as we could do it without and save money. But, the forms do have to be witnessed and signed before they are sent off to the public records office.

The only way I can think of that something might be happening is that perhaps it's in a solicitors pile of paperwork somewhere waiting attention? Perhaps if it's dealt with by a solicitor, they write to the relatives and ask them to go in and sign?

House sales are very stressful, not surprised you got muddled! Hope it's all sorted soon! Thanks, you too!

I wonder if you could speak to the solicitor? They may be able to discuss a ‘hypothetical’ case.

I’m sure £82 is the cost of registering a Power of Attorney in Scotland. When we applied for my son to become ours ( which became just mine when the Bodach was deemed not to have capacity, then died), I paid £82 court fee at the time. The solicitor’s bill came promptly afterwards. 10 months on, still no POA ( Covid again!)

Sorry, Lavazza1st, crossed posts! Our son had to come with me to the solicitor to sign the forms.

@Daddima £82 is the cost of each POA ( health and financial) As I say, we have experience of arranging this for inlaws without a solicitor, but I don't know how it works with a solicitor if they are working from home? I would have thought that a signature is still necessary for it to be legally binding.

Oh wow, ten months later and no POA? :O That's shocking! Covid has a lot to answer for!

My relative said to me that it's all sorted, but I told them to let their Dr know their health wishes as even if they had got another POA, it's still going to take a very long time for them to be able to look after their best interests or intervene medically. I feel that the best course of action is to state on the medical notes what their wishes are, because they don't have a spouse and no actual POA unless something is signed and the paperwork is in the hand of whoever it is.