Lpa - Doing It Without Legal Help

[Redhelen72]

hi, MIL does not have a the health and medical LPA - her legal advisor has quoted 564 plus VAT plus 82 costs .

Is this something we can do ourselves - I know his brother is in the legal profession but its not his area of knowledge.

She has kinda agreed to set one up - and I am spitballing if its easy to do or if we need legal advice.

[barry1010]

I've done all of ours myself. 

[Redhelen72]

cheers barry much appreciated

[barry1010]

Everyones circumstances are different, though.

I didn't need to deal with your mother in law.

Good luck

[Redhelen72]

Lol - as long as her precious boys do it for her and I just do the admin side of it that will be grand!

Once again thank you

[The Builder]

I set up both for my mother, Helen. Medical and financial.

It really is just form-filling. I can't think what a lawyer could contribute. 🙂

[Redhelen72]

Cheers builder - puts my mind at rest as I know I will have to organise it and get everyone to sign it

 

[Barmaid]

If you follow the link on here: Make, register or end a lasting power of attorney: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) you should be able to do it.  You absolutely do NOT need a lawyer to do it.

In all honesty though, an LPA for H&W is not generally necessary since the Mental Capacity Act 2005 provides a pretty good framework to decide on a course of action for someone who does not have capacity.

[Barmaid]

Make, register or end a lasting power of attorney: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

[Barmaid]

Ahhhh.  for some reason I cannot do links.  

[gingejbee]

Easy to do yourself online. But make sure you get the application direct from the Gov.uk site...not a third-party rip-off one.

[10ClarionSt]

The Builder @ 12.59:

"It really is just form-filling. I can't think what a lawyer could contribute."

Slightly off topic, but it's the same with probate. Just form filling. I did that myself. The legal profession will try and frighten the *** out of you to get their hands on your dosh.

[bhg481]

The nice thing about doing it online is that you don't have to do it all at once. You can do part of it, save it and come back to it later. You can do that as many times as you like, changing it as you go along and, when you're happy with it, get it processed.