LPA - which order should attornies etc sign

C0lin61

I am setting up an LPA which involves 2 remote attornies.

WIll this signing order work:-

1. Attorney 1 wet-signs and is witnessed by their neighbour ( who does not know donor),
2. form is mailed to attorney 2 ( whose wet signature is witnessed by their neighbour who does not know donor)
3. form is mailed to donor who discusses with certificate provider...
4. if both happy then donor wet-signs and is witnessed by certificate provider

TIA, Colin

NanookOfTheNorth

There are details here for the order

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/avoiding-errors-when-completing-a-lasting-power-of-attorney-form/avoiding-errors-when-completing-a-lasting-power-of-attorney-form

Donor must sign first.

You must make sure sections of your LPA are completed, signed and dated (as the day of signing) in the following order:

you sign and date section 5 (health and welfare LPA only)

your witness signs section 5 (health and welfare LPA only)

you sign and date continuation sheets 1 and 2 (only if applicable)

you sign and date section 9

your witness signs section 9

your chosen certificate provider signs and dates section 10

your chosen attorney signs and dates section 11 (if you have more than one attorney, you must make sure all attorneys sign and date after section 10 has been completed)

your attorney’s witness signs section 11

the applicant(s) (you or an attorney(s)), must sign and date section 15 after all attorneys have completed their section 11

This is an example of signing and dating your LPA in order:

Section 5 completed by the donor and the witness- 09/09/2022
Continuation sheet 1 completed by the donor - 09/09/2022
Section 9 completed by the donor and the witness- 09/09/2022
Section 10 completed by the certificate provider- 15/09/2022
Section 11 completed by an attorney and their witness- 20/09/2022
Section 11 completed by an attorney and their witness- 01/10/2022
Section 15 completed by who the applicant is - 03/10/2022

Everyone can also sign and date their sections in order all on the same day.

Claude_and_Eustace

I got everyone to “sign” on the same day, to make things easier.

DigForVictory

'certificate provider' is anyone who can vouch I am not being pressured into this

but we need 2 witnesses, one for donor, one for attorneys?