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How to make a lasting power of attorney (LPA): starting an application online, choosing an attorney, certifying a copy, changing an LPA.

• Overview

  A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that lets you (the…

• Choose your attorney

  You can choose one or more people to be your attorney. If you appoint more…

• Make a lasting power of attorney

  You can make a lasting power of attorney (LPA) online or using paper…

• Register a lasting power of attorney

  When you’ve made your lasting power of attorney (LPA), you need to…

• Certify a copy of a lasting power of attorney

  You can confirm that a copy of your lasting power of attorney (LPA) is…

• Changes you need to report

  You (if you still have mental capacity) or one of your attorneys must tell…

• Removing an attorney

  You can ask the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) to remove an attorney…

• End your lasting power of attorney

  You can end your lasting power of attorney (LPA) yourself - if you have…

Share a summary of a lasting power of attorney (LPA) with an organisation, add an LPA summary, keep track of which organisations can view an LPA summary.

Download the forms and guidance to make and register a lasting power of attorney (LPA).

• From: Office of the Public Guardian

• LP12 Make and register your lasting power of attorney: a guide (web version)

  How to use this guide This guide gives you information about making and…

Check a summary of a lasting power of attorney (LPA).

How to become and act as a Court of Protection deputy - eligibility, responsibilities, how to apply, fees, supervision and when your deputyship ends.

Acting as an attorney - duties, including registering a lasting power, starting to act, gifting, handling disputes and replacement attorney responsibilities.

Apply to pay less to register a lasting or enduring power of attorney.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian

Apply to search the Office of the Public Guardian registers to see if they have a Lasting Power of Attorney, deputy or guardian acting on their behalf

Download and fill in this form to find out if someone has an attorney or deputy acting for them.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian

Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling

Contact the Office of the Public Guardian if you have concerns about an attorney, deputy, guardian or a decision they've made for someone else

Acting as an attorney - duties, including finding an enduring power of attorney, registering an EPA, starting to act, making gifts and stopping being an attorney

Forms and guidance to register an enduring power of attorney (EPA).

• From: Office of the Public Guardian

Forms and guidance to register a lasting power of attorney (LPA) made using forms LP PA, LP PW, LPA114 or LPA117.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian

Giving people permission to make decisions about your money and property - how to use, register or cancel an enduring power of attorney

Apply to pay less for Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) deputy assessment and supervision fees.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian

Forms for court-appointed deputies to report actions taken on behalf of their clients in the past year.

• From: Office of the Public Guardian

How to object to the registration of a lasting or enduring power of attorney - including forms and fees

How to stop being an attorney under a lasting power of attorney (LPA).

• From: Office of the Public Guardian

Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.