Complete an LPA questionnaire or attend the office for a meeting
Decide who will act as your attorney
Consider appointing a replacement attorney in the event that your first choice can no longer act
Choose a 'Certificate Provider'. This is someone who can confirm you understand the consequences of making an LPA and that nobody is forcing you to make it against your wishes. We may be able to act Certificate Provider but if not, you will need to choose someone who has known you for at least 2 years or another professional such as a doctor
Choose someone to notify that you are registering an LPA. This can be anybody that knows you provided they are not already named in the LPA
Once you have made you notification decision above, we will send you a client care letter.
Return client care letter and ID
LPA documents prepared
We meet with you to review LPA forms. If you prefer, we can send them in the post
Our fees and office of the Public Guardian frees are paid
You will sign the LPA, registration forms and notice forms
The person acting as certificate provider will sign the LPA
The Attorneys and replacement Attorney will sign the LPA to confirm their agreement to act
The LPA is submitted to the Office of Public Guardian to be registered
The people you chose to tell about the LPA are notified that you are registering the LPA and they have 4 weeks to raise an objection
If no one objects to the LPA being registered, the Office of the Public Guardian will register the LPA. This process takes about 10 weeks in total
The registered LPA is sent to us and we write to you to let you know we have received it
Process complete
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