Practicalities about signing LPA forms

Newly_retired

 I have read all the guidance on gov.uk and the insistence that the signatures must be done in the right order, but, whilst not wishing to do anything illegal, how is that practicable if one attorney lives at a long distance, or it simply proves impossible to get the relevant people together to do it all on one day. as is recommended? 
Is it not possible to get the signatures then add the dates later? 

Mark_d

Don't attempt fraud.  Best just go to a solicitor for help with this

elsien

You really don’t need to go to a solicitor unless  your affairs are complex.

They  do have to be signed in the right order, but they don’t all have to be signed on the same day. The LPA can be posted to each of the relevant people to sign, and they just put the date they signed it, whatever that is. Which is what we did for my mothers. The attorneys each signed and then passed it onto the next one and the OPG accepted it without a problem.

 If you want to check the correct order order, it’s in here.
https://publicguardian.blog.gov.uk/2024/02/13/your-questions-answered-completing-forms/

bunnygo

send the relevant page to the person concerned - either as pdf for them to print or as a printout. They organise signature and witness and send it back.

Jude57

bunnygo said:

send the relevant page to the person concerned - either as pdf for them to print or as a printout. They organise signature and witness and send it back.

I wouldn't recommend this unless the document, including signatures, is only one page. The signatories are signing to confirm that the entire document reflects their wishes and their agreement to be bound by its contents and it's possible (maybe unlikely but still possible) to dispute the LPA if a signatory only saw the page needing a signature. After all, that last page could then be attached to any document and could be used to remortgage a property, transfer ownership of a property or obtain a loan. Your signature on a single piece of paper, especially if your signing is correctly witnessed by a third party, is effectively a blank cheque. In this case, it's unlikely that the document will be very many pages and it won't cost a great deal to physically post the entire thing by recorded delivery or even have it couriered between the parties.