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  • xylophone
    xylophone Posts: 45,743 Forumite
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    If your mother is compos mentis, then a home visit from her solicitor can be arranged to discuss the proposal?

    If she is not compos mentis, then she cannot give valid consent to a loan and the plan falls down at this hurdle?
  • xylophone wrote: »
    If your mother is compos mentis, then a home visit from her solicitor can be arranged to discuss the proposal?

    If she is not compos mentis, then she cannot give valid consent to a loan and the plan falls down at this hurdle?
    I agree 100% with this .


    You can't have good and bad days and be compos mentis.
    Sorry but anything short of Power of Attorney and you can forget about this.
  • le_loup
    le_loup Posts: 4,047 Forumite
    Sorry but anything short of Power of Attorney and you can forget about this.
    ........ and if you have PoA you can't do it!
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