Arranging a Lasting Power of Attorney online

Pippa22

I keep putting off doing my POA’s and it worries me.
If I do it online do I have to print all the pages out or do I just do the forms with my kids and submit to have them printed and returned for me to get them signed ?
I don’t have a printer but if I have to print the pages it would still be cheaper to buy one than to pay solicitors fees.

A fairly basic printer would certainly be cheaper than a solicitor’s fees,, but could you not get one of your children to print the forms off for you.?

silverlining48

It took me 3 attempts before I got my health and welfare one right. Silly mistakes not helped by doing all 4 ( health snd wealth x2) at the same time. Really frustrating snd in retrospect I wish I had done my dh and my LPO separately but one of our children lives abroad, so signatures would have been awkward.
Take your time and be very careful with signatures, dates and initial any mistakes.
It is actually easy to do this yourself, don’t rush it. Solicitors will charge for their services plus £90 for each which does mount up.

I did the same as you a few months ago - both types of POA for both myself and OH.
Filling the forms in online was easy, but like you, I reached a point where I wished I had just done my own first.

I got there in the end, and by some miracle all four POAs were accepted the first time, but it took an awful lot of checking and re-checking, and concentration to make sure that the right people were signing the right pages and in the right order!

I did my myself.I sent for the forms and guidance notes and
completed it.£82 ,a couple of years ago.If you follow the guidelines, you can’t go wrong.No need for a solicitor.

My husband and I have not long completed our online LPAs and they have been accepted and registered. Please do not hesitate to contact the Helpline, my husband and I needed to do this on two occasions we found them very helpful. You do need to be very careful with the wording you use for your Preferences and Instructions but there are lots of articles online which we found very helpful and making note of these we did not have any problem and our LPAs were accepted and registered. Good luck.

I haven’t got around to doing mine and this is a timely reminder. My son lives overseas and is currently here for a holiday. Do those named on the LPA have to sign their acceptance? My daughters are in the UK, eldest is nearby and one a couple of hours away (but much more methodical with admin tasks). If I should name all three of my children, the conversation may as well happen while my son is here, and he can sign something if he needs to.

I have done POA for finance but held back on the health one.
Reason being, as I read it, you either give you health rights to your children or a doctor, non of which is an option for me, as I would prefer them all to come to some sensible agreement been them all. Or was I looking into too much ?

Juneandarchie1

I have done POA for finance but held back on the health one.
Reason being, as I read it, you either give you health rights to your children or a doctor, non of which is an option for me, as I would prefer them all to come to some sensible agreement been them all. Or was I looking into too much ?

Juneandarchie1 if you don't name your children on a Health PofA the medics are not obliged to come to an agreement with them. The medics will act in what they believe to be your best interest - even if your family say that this is absolutely not what you would have wanted.
In my father's case doctors were determined to keep him in hospital and try to prolong his life despite him being 95 with advanced heart and kidney failure - and despite us knowing dad just wanted to be left in peace in his own home.
I bitterly regret not having the Health PofA for him

If you are trying to save paper/ink then be aware that some pages are instructions. Don’t print those

You can phone the Office of the Public Guardian and request free copies of the POA forms to be sent to you by post. They also include a very helpful brochure clearly explaining what needs to be done on each page. I did this and found it very easy.

I did mine online and it’s very straightforward.
I hope you’ve got it solved now but I definitely added my three children without any problem.

SueEH

I did mine online and it’s very straightforward.
I hope you’ve got it solved now but I definitely added my three children without any problem.

Thank you so much, and to everyone who offered advice. I’ve completed it online and just need it to be signed before sending it off. 🙏