LPA (again)

Donna99

My sister has been appointed sole LPA for my mother. I received the LP3 people to notify form yesterday which was dated 22nd December 2015 and sent via normal post from my sister.
It appears I am now out of the 3 weeks to object.

My only objection is my sister is not always in good health and I would have preferred my brother to have also been appointed.

Therefore I have two questions
1. Was it legal to send me the forms so late? And should they not have been sent via the Office of the Public Guardian not via my sister?
2. If my sister was taken ill or worse even to die would my mum have to start the process all again and if she was then in ill health would this cause problems for both my brother and I dealing with her affairs?
Any guidance would be good as I am worried my mum has not been given good advice,

Yorkshireman99

Write to the Office of the Public Guardian explaining the circumstances and lodge an objection anyway.

Donna99

Thanks, I have sent them an email advising what has happened but its the dreaded family affairs and worry about upsetting my mother too :-(
See what I get back from OPG

Yorkshireman99

You need to send them a letter via the post. Email is unlikely to work. Give them a ring first.

getmore4less

If your Mother is of sound mind still she is the one to deal with this,

She appoints the attornies

There is a way to set up LPA so no one(extra) gets notified.

Brighton_belle

getmore4less wrote: »

If your Mother is of sound mind still she is the one to deal with this,

She appoints the attornies

There is a way to set up LPA so no one(extra) gets notified.

Is that correct? Surely the inbuilt safeguarding is the letter required to be sent to he nominated person so they can raise any concerns. This person (the OP) has concerns, therefore surely it is her who should be raising the issue, not the mother.

jackyann

We did this recently, and I am sure that the "people to be informed" had to receive the information within a time frame - look it up on gov.uk

Keep_pedalling

Although it is foolish not to have a second attorney or a back up attorney, not having one is not a valid reason to place an objection against registration.

Brighton_belle

But isn't the 3 week time frame so the 'person to be informed' can raise concerns with the person wanting to give P of A as well as any concerns to the dept of public guardians?

Pollycat

getmore4less wrote: »

If your Mother is of sound mind still she is the one to deal with this,

She appoints the attornies

There is a way to set up LPA so no one(extra) gets notified.

I believe this is correct, you do not have to name 'people to notify'.
From part A6 of the Guide (LP12:

However, you don’t have to choose people to notify.

Donna99 wrote: »

My sister has been appointed sole LPA for my mother. I received the LP3 people to notify form yesterday which was dated 22nd December 2015 and sent via normal post from my sister.
It appears I am now out of the 3 weeks to object.

My only objection is my sister is not always in good health and I would have preferred my brother to have also been appointed.

Therefore I have two questions
1. Was it legal to send me the forms so late? And should they not have been sent via the Office of the Public Guardian not via my sister?
2. If my sister was taken ill or worse even to die would my mum have to start the process all again and if she was then in ill health would this cause problems for both my brother and I dealing with her affairs?
Any guidance would be good as I am worried my mum has not been given good advice,

Were you told about the LPA?

According to the guide, you should have been sent the LP3 before the LPA was submitted.

The person applying to register the LPA – either you or your attorneys – must tell any people to notify that the LPA is being sent for registration. They must use form LP3 to do this, just before
sending the LPA form to the Office of the Public Guardian. Part C of this guide explains how to notify these people.

If this process wasn't followed you should have a case to object.