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Solicitor refusing to respond to my letters
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SHould i report my sister? and her friend
In sept 2022 my father who was 91 at the time and i went to a solicitors to have him draw a POA registration up for myself all agreed and discussed with his social worker . 1 week later my father informed me my sister and her friend attended his home and spent two hours a attempting to get him to sign a POA form printed of the OPG website (which is the way many people are DIY POAs now ) for her for both types HW an PF, He told me categorically he did not sign them and suggested to me that she and her witness decided to sign them. He also stated both POA forms were presented to my mother. As my father told me the next day of the attempt to gain his signature i advised him we go to the solicitor again to have a legal letter sent to OPG that any attempt by my sister to register a poa was not his wish and by the way my siter hates me we never speak ) . I also rang the OPG and sent emails trying to stop this attempt not least that they contained potentially forged signatures. OPG wrote back stating they could not investigate my concerns as the POAs had not been registered yet. ("Dad does not want you to register"! it i wrote back)
months went by and believed they had taken notice even though i heard nothing from anyone and as dad didn't receive a the letter from them stating they had registered it form him I considered the matter closed dad was happy, Unfortunately his health got worse and reluctantly i had to agree to him going into a care home in july 2023
In march 2024 i heard the OPG had registered my sisters POAs. Obviously I HIT the roof and threw a barrage of complaints at them.it took approx 2 months to get the OPG to admit they failed to investigate my original concerns and eventually revoke the POAs for my sister. In that 60 day period prior to revolking she managed to lodge her POA on everything.... doctors, care homes, banks, investment companies the lot........so take this on board the OPG register POAs for dad appointing me as solo decision maker,,,the OPG now register a separate POA appointing my sister as solo POA Which is unbelievable,, "yes one poa with more than one attorneys named who can act either separately or jointly as the form states is fine and can work but two independent POAs with solo authority could never work.
So its April 24 and i am calling dads banks investment companies etc to tell them not to accept any attempt to lodge POAs from my sister. these organisations tell me they cant speak with me..Why i ask? well your not the POA on the account, I am i shout i have been for months. YOU guessed it she has managed to get financial organisations to remove me!!!!! not a letter or phone call from any one of them to ask "is this your fathers wish"?...
I sent them all the grovelling letter I received from from OPG admitting fault and revoking her POA but its a nightmare trying now to call all the banks etc
I now turn my attention back to the OPG and start asking why they completely failed to investigate my report of a forged signature before registering POAs for a venerable now 93 yrs adult. I Ask for a copy of the original forms to see for myself the signatures, You have to put in a SAR (Subject access request) I am told,, which i do,,,,3 months later last week in fact i receive a copy of the POA forms my sister attempted to get father to sign.. And as i suspected and as i had informed the OPG in 2022 both have forged signatures one signature is an attempt at dads name the other a squiggle,
bare in mind i week earlier in Aug 2022 my father signed at a solicitors, forms appointing me. so OPG would have had my forms with legit signatures sent recorded delivery by the solicitor and 1 week later in pigeon post they would have received the forged attempt.
now I have the proof do i report my sister ? and her friend who played witness to her attempts to the Police???, for forging a legal government document and Do i inform banks etc where my parents have accounts about this??Even though i stopped any money being taken and any fraud was stopped, this was not a harmless mistake—it was an intentional and illegal attempt to take control of finances through forgery. Reporting it now protects you, your father, and his assets in the future.
I must mention dad has not got capacity any more and mothers decision making process is floored at best.0
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