quickcluck Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hi Guys Due to health issues with DH dad the social worker suggested power of attorney. The solicitors reckons all in including VAT £1000. FIL nearly fell over We then discovered that you can do it online from the gov website. Does anyone have experience of doing this? Or have any tips on filling it in? I think it's much cheaper at under £300, a huge difference.... Thanks in advance K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I prepared one for my mother on-line and found it very straightforward. Due to difficult circumstances at the time, it was never submitted and we had to go through a solicitor in the end but I'd say if you're able to do it on-line then go for it. You do have to get supporting documents from a GP, from memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Leia Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Have just gone through the process of setting up lasting power of attorney for MIL. Both property and finance plus health and welfare. We were recommended to use a company called Carematters, who were excellent and about half the cost of a solicitor. Can't lay my hands on the details at the mo, but I think they are based around North London. Look them up and speak to Lorreine Kennedy. I'll post full details up later when I get back home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 As someone who works for a law firm, I would obviously always recommend using a professional. Lawyers spend a lot of their time unravelling things that people have tried to do 'on the cheap' which then tends to be far more expensive. Of course we generally see this side of things not the ones that work out fine, but there are so many pitfalls, it is hard to cover all bases without the experience. One important thing to remember is lawyers are all well insured so that if anything does go wrong there will always be support available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Leia Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 These are the people we used http://www.carematters-uk.com/index.html They took care of everything, came out to visit Mum (who was in a respite centre at the time). Had a lot of good advice from them, can't fault them. Very quick with communication as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 We have one already in place for my mother (she has dementia) my father has lasting Power of Attorney over her affairs, with my sister as the other named person. We have just set up one for my dad (he is fine, this is just a contingency thing) with my sister and I as the named persons. Each of them was done with his solicitor and cost £420 each. He advises using a solicitor rather than going online, but says to shop around as some firms will do it cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 There are charities that can provide aid for this as well if you look into it. Things are slightly different up here though (p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I did one myself for my mum, but it was 6 yrs ago, it was straight forward enough. It certainly didn't warrant the £hundreds the solicitor wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 In my opinion, if the people involved - the granter and the grantee - are both in agreement about the PoA and there aren't any tricky circumstances (ie lack of capacity or nasty relatives!) an online PoA should be perfectly fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
