tenminute wills

aloise

has anybody used this firm. I want to do a power of attorney and these look quite reasonable £57 to fill in the forms on-line and then download. (i know i will still have to pay £130 to register )I have received the form to do myself from "direct gov" but it looks sooooo complicated and i know i will not be able to do it. On-line looks far less complicated and will look a lot neater. My handwriting leaves a lot to be desired

dzug1

Will you know if the company has got it right? Do you know what to do with what they send you?

If not, then you really shouldn't do it online - use a solicitor who will ask the right questions of you and explore your needs

Have you factored possible certificate provider's fees into your costings?

aloise

dzug1 wrote: »

Will you know if the company has got it right? Do you know what to do with what they send you?

If not, then you really shouldn't do it online - use a solicitor who will ask the right questions of you and explore your needs

Have you factored possible certificate provider's fees into your costings?

Don't think they check the forms, just do them for me to print them out. When i have gone on to do it, if i put a detail wrong i get a little pop up, but that is it. It is just a matter of filling the forms and being very careful i think. Then having it printed off. The only other payment i can see is for the registration when i do it. Have tried the solicitors and they have wanted between £400 and £900 just for the financial one. Just can't afford that so if this doesn't work i will have to forget it. Desperation really. Thanks for replying.

hjd

If you can wait till November better to use WillAid - fixed price £95.
http://www.willaid.org.uk/

Beenie

Be careful with WillAid or any sort of 'offer' regarding Wills.

We were tempted by an offer via The Salvation Army and Barnardos, both offering a '£25 Will This Month' at participating solicitors. Once you'd made an appointment and were in their office, the £25 will evaporated (a feeble excuse was made) and we were told ours would be £400-450 (ish). :eek:

Clowance

why not ring round some solicitors and ask them to quote? They may be cheaper. Haven't had a power of attorney done but did wills some years ago and provided not complicated pretty cheap.

If the power of attorney is complicated - ie not I give my child the right to administer my financial affairs, but child1 does this, child2 does that etc it is likely to be expensive.

I used to work for a charity which used will offers and you should not have been treated like that - that was clearly a dishonest solicitor. HTH

dzug1

You can fill in the OPG forms online and then print them off - they are a little clumsy but you can do it. That will get round the neatness problem.

You didn't pick up on the certificate provider issue - a professional will expect payment (tenminutewills can't and won't do it - a solicitor would include it) but a friend won't charge and is just as acceptable. Main point is that the attorney must not be present when the certificate provider is discussing the PoA with the donor.

aloise

dzug1 wrote: »

You can fill in the OPG forms online and then print them off - they are a little clumsy but you can do it. That will get round the neatness problem.

You didn't pick up on the certificate provider issue - a professional will expect payment (tenminutewills can't and won't do it - a solicitor would include it) but a friend won't charge and is just as acceptable. Main point is that the attorney must not be present when the certificate provider is discussing the PoA with the donor.

thank you so much for your help, will phone a few more solicitors first before i decide properly

Clowance

just a general note which I found out when I worked in Community Healthcare a while back:
There are 2 types of Lasting Power of Attorney, one deals with health and welfare issues (eg for people with dementia who need a nursing home sorted out) and the other for financial affairs.

https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/overview