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Enduring/Lasting Power of Attorney
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Just one thing to add - all parties to the Enduring Power of Attorney must have signed it before 1st Oct 2007 - ie your attorneys as well as you - for it to be valid.[FONT="]Public wealth warning![/FONT][FONT="] It's not compulsory for solicitors or Willwriters to pass an exam in writing Wills - probably the most important thing you’ll ever sign.[/FONT]
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Yes, I'm sure the OP is just going to check that it was fully signed before 1 Oct 07.Just one thing to add - all parties to the Enduring Power of Attorney must have signed it before 1st Oct 2007 - ie your attorneys as well as you - for it to be valid.
But if it wasn't completed in time, she must resist the temptation to get any remaining signatures now and pre-date them, the risk is just too great.
Too many people will know (solicitor and his staff, attorneys, witnesses and probably other family members) and if there should be a disagreement of any kind between any of these people after the donor has lost mental capacity, she would be left with no PoA and no way then of getting one, it would be a very time-consuming and expensive Court of Protection job.0
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