supercity88
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Has he set up a trust, or just a standard will?
No trust, just a standard will.
Has he set up a trust, or just a standard will?
No trust, just a standard will.
That's why we got rejected and had to go with deputyship. Some issue with witness signatureJust a quick note of advice.
Your sister can only take on PoA for welfare if and when your dad is declared to not have capacity.
However she can run his finances at any time after he grants her PoA.
One further thing, read the notes with the forms very carefully.
They have to be signed by all parties and witnesses in a definite date order.
A mistake there will mean them being rejected when you try to register them.
I don’t back you up.I would 100% get a trust set up as a matter of urgency. If the will was written by local solicitor check first, it maybe at trust has been setup. If not chose a solicitor, with a good long standing practice. Shouldn't cost more than £760, I'm sure a bluemooner will back me up when I say it makes sense, mainly to deal with any potential future care costs for you father.
I don’t back you up.
You can set up a trust but at the age the OP is talking about it’s just as likely a council would consider it deprivation of assets and leave them to pay care home costs anyway despite spanking hundreds of pounds on a solicitor.
Set up a trust in your 50s - fine.
Set one up at the time you set up PoA for a pensioner and I doubt you’ll get away with it.
Although I have a son, I gave POA to my daughter only. The main reason was that if you elect to give POA to two or more people then all decisions have to be agreed by all POA holders, otherwise no action is possible.My Dad has long talked about completing the forms to assign power of attorneys on medical and financial matters should the time come where he is unable to make those decisions.
His first call to me claimed he could only choose one, which I immediately said was incorrect.
He called the other day to say he had sent the forms to my sister who would send on to me for signing and that she was going to be sole power of attorney as "it was easier" that way and I would be a stand by.
I wasn't in the mood for an argument so left it.
The forms have since arrived and now I am fuming as it feels like an admission of favouritism or a question of my character.
Should I be as pissed off as I am? And was I right to sign it from Santa Claus and send it back to him?