Enduring power of attorney: acting as an attorney

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Register an enduring power of attorney

You must register the enduring power of attorney (EPA) as soon as the donor starts to lose mental capacity.

  1. Tell the donor, their family members and other attorneys you intend to register the EPA.

  2. Apply to register the EPA.

  3. Pay the fee.

Telling people you intend to register

Download and fill in form EP1PG. Send it to:

You must tell the first 3 eligible family members from the following list. If there바카라 사이트檚 no family member in a particular category, move on to the next one. You must try to tell the family members in this order:

  • donor바카라 사이트檚 husband, wife or civil partner
  • donor바카라 사이트檚 children (including adopted children but not including stepchildren)
  • donor바카라 사이트檚 parents
  • donor바카라 사이트檚 brothers and sisters (including half-brothers and half-sisters)
  • widow or widower or surviving civil partner of the donor바카라 사이트檚 child
  • donor바카라 사이트檚 grandchildren
  • donor바카라 사이트檚 nephews and nieces (children of the donor바카라 사이트檚 full brothers and sisters)
  • donor바카라 사이트檚 nephews and nieces (children of the donor바카라 사이트檚 half-brothers and half-sisters)
  • donor바카라 사이트檚 aunts and uncles (full brothers or sisters of a parent of the donor)
  • donor바카라 사이트檚 first cousins (children of the donor바카라 사이트檚 aunts and uncles who are full brothers and sisters of a parent of the donor)

You must tell all the people in a category if you tell one of them, for example if 1 of the 3 relatives you바카라 사이트檙e telling is a grandchild and the donor has 15 other grandchildren, you must tell all 16 of them.

If you바카라 사이트檙e a family member as well as an attorney, you count as one of the people to be told. You바카라 사이트檒l still have to tell other people in your category.

You must do all you can to find the people you바카라 사이트檙e telling. If you cannot find their address, or if there are not 3 relatives alive, tell the Office of the Public Guardian when you apply to register.

People who you tell can object to the registration. They have 35 days to object from when they get the form.

Apply to register

Download and fill in the application form EP2PG.

As soon as you바카라 사이트檝e officially told people you intend to register, send the form to the Office of the Public Guardian.

Office of the Public Guardian
PO Box 16185
Birmingham
B2 2WH

Use a different address if you바카라 사이트檙e a member of the DX Exchange courier service.

Office of the Public Guardian
DX 744240
Birmingham 79

Include the original EPA form or a certified copy if the original has been lost.

You바카라 사이트檒l also need to pay the fee.

Fees

It costs 拢82 to register an EPA, unless you바카라 사이트檙e applying for help with fees (LPA120).

Send a cheque for the fee payable to 바카라 사이트極ffice of the Public Guardian바카라 사이트�. Write the donor바카라 사이트檚 name on the back of the cheque.

How long registration takes

The EPA will usually be registered between 8 and 10 weeks after you sent the application form and told the family members. It will take longer if one or more of the family members object.

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