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Lasting POA question re. replacement attorney

My sister and I have drafted a lasting POA for my father. It specifies myself and my sister as attorneys, acting jointly for some matters, and jointly and severally for other specified matters.
We want to name my nephew as a replacement attorney, to step in for either one of us in the event that either of us is unable to act. From reading information on rejected POA applications in the past, it appears that this specific arrangement is not permissible - i.e. that a single replacement attorney must assume sole POA in the event that either of the two original attorneys becomes unable to act (i.e. to the exclusion of the surviving original attorney).

I was wondering if anyone here had successfully registered a Lasting POA where a replacement attorney was specified to step in for EITHER of the original attorneys, where the terms of the POA were as above (i.e. original attorneys acting jointly in some matters and jointly and severally for other matters)?

Comments

  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    sorry, but I think you are making this unnecessarily complicated. just nominate ONE person who could take over from both of you. or either of you.
  • itm2
    itm2 Posts: 1,512 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Hung up my suit!
    Actually it's pretty simple - we just want to nominate one person who can take over from either one of us.
  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    then there is your answer. nominate ONE person. as this is permissible.
  • itm2
    itm2 Posts: 1,512 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Hung up my suit!
    itm2 wrote: »
    Actually it's pretty simple - we just want to nominate one person who can take over from either one of us.

    I'm afraid that's exactly the point. I don't think I can add anything to my original post in terms of explaining the issue with this.
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