Enduring power of attorney: acting as an attorney
When there's more than one attorney
Check the enduring power of attorney (EPA) form to find out how many attorneys have been appointed.
If there’s more than one attorney, check whether you must make decisions:
- separately or together (sometimes called ‘jointly and severally’), which means you can make decisions on your own or with other attorneys
- together (sometimes called ‘jointly’), which means you and all the other attorneys have to agree on a decision
The donor may give instructions for you to make some decisions ‘jointly’ and others ‘jointly and severally’.
Attorneys who are appointed jointly must all agree or they cannot make the decision.
Joint attorneys
If you’re appointed jointly with another attorney or attorneys and one of you stops being an attorney, the enduring power of attorney ends automatically.
You’ll need to find another way to help the donor make decisions.