Sibling claims she has power of attorney

biggysmaller

Did an office of guardian search and she is not listed. 
Advice please.

Alderbank

What would you like advice about?

biggysmaller

To report her or not. She's told all my family she has power.

biggysmaller

Is it criminal?

BooJewels

Ask to see the document?

Most organisations make you jump through hoops to be able to do anything under an LPA, so there is a limit to what your sibling could achieve just by saying it.  Banks, for example, would need to see either a certified copy of the LPA or the original document, along with proof of ID and address.  

user1977

What sort of Power of Attorney is she claiming to have? Nobody needs to take her word for it, so ask to see it.

biggysmaller

She won't tell so i searched all at the public office of Guardianships 

biggysmaller

user1977 said:

What sort of Power of Attorney is she claiming to have? Nobody needs to take her word for it, so ask to see it.

user1977 said:

What sort of Power of Attorney is she claiming to have? Nobody needs to take her word for it, so ask to see it.

She won't show. No records or her at public office.

biggysmaller

Opg100 from office of public guardianship says she's not registered 

Marcon

biggysmaller said:

Opg100 from office of public guardianship says she's not registered 

There's currently a delay in registering POA, so she could be telling the truth.

biggysmaller said:

Is it criminal?

Telling an untruth isn't normally a criminal offence. If all she's doing is making the claim, but not actually taking any action, then there is nothing to do - currently. If she tries to take any action which requires POA, she'd have to provide proof to the bank or whatever organisation she is trying to deal with.

Point out to her that she isn't registered and ask her to explain why not.

biggysmaller

3 month old application