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LPOA - small mistake on form - wwyd?

therubyslippers
therubyslippers Posts: 2 Newbie
in Deaths, funerals & probate
Hello - I've just received the forms back from the Office of the Public Guardian for both the health and financial LPOA for my father.

There is a typo in that the financial letter is addressed to Mrs TheRubySlippers, and the health one is addressed to Miss TheRubySlippers.

The solicitor says that have made a mistake, but to check with the bank to see hypothetically if title would matter. Has anyone any insight into this?

I'm assuming the solicitor will cover the cost of re-doing if necessary as it's their error, so I'm not worried about that - it's more the time of going back to the beginning and re-signing and waiting a further three months - and if it's worth doing, or if title won't matter.

Any experience about this gratefully received.

Thank you!

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  • Flugelhorn
    Flugelhorn Posts: 7,611 Forumite
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    I am not sure that people take that much notice of Mrs and Miss these days - I use Dr mostly but when I don't I seem to a get a random assortment of Miss / Mrs / Ms and it only seems to be first name / surname that counts
  • Keep_pedalling
    Keep_pedalling Posts: 22,630 Forumite
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    You can adopt whatever honourable title you like, Mrs, Ms or Miss are simply matters of etiquette so should should not matter.

    If you do want it corrected, then your solicitor should bear the cost, but there should be no gap as the current LPA is perfectly valid until the new one is registered.
  • MankyVegSoup
    MankyVegSoup Posts: 78 Forumite
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    When my parents did theirs my name was given using my husbands surname instead of mine - I've never used my married surname! They checked with the solicitor and were told it didn't matter.


    I had to practice the signature several times before I signed.
  • Malthusian
    Malthusian Posts: 11,055 Forumite
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    Mrs and Miss are different abbreviations for the same word - "Mistress" (as is Ms).

    It is an honorific, not part of your name, and doesn't form part of your identity. There is no need to get the LPoAs redone unless you are particularly bothered about the "wrong" one.
  • therubyslippers
    therubyslippers Posts: 2 Newbie
    Hello there

    Thanks so much - I went to a Santander branch at lunchtime to ask for an opinion, and without a heartbeat the member of staff said: "if it's wrong, put it right". It does seem a bit crazy in times where titles can change and feel more meaningless, but...I'd rather it was right at this point in time, in case anything changes in the future.

    (I'd better not get married in the meantime!)

    Thanks so much.
  • Keep_pedalling
    Keep_pedalling Posts: 22,630 Forumite
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    therubyslippers wrote: »
    Hello there

    Thanks so much - I went to a Santander branch at lunchtime to ask for an opinion, and without a heartbeat the member of staff said: "if it's wrong, put it right". It does seem a bit crazy in times where titles can change and feel more meaningless, but...I'd rather it was right at this point in time, in case anything changes in the future.

    (I'd better not get married in the meantime!)

    Thanks so much.

    Most branch staff have zero knowledge of LPA, so asking a random member of staff is not likely to lead to a correct answer. The LPA would still be valid if you changed you name through marriage, you would simply have to provide your marriage certificate in addition to the normal proof of ID.
  • Marcon
    Marcon Posts: 15,828 Forumite
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    Why not ask the OPG, who deal with this sort of query the whole time:

    Office of the Public Guardian
    customerservices@publicguardian.gov.uk
    Telephone: 0300 456 0300
    Textphone: 0115 934 2778
    Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9am to 5pm
    Wednesday, 10am to 5pm
    Googling on your question might have been both quicker and easier, if you're only after simple facts rather than opinions!  
  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,650 Forumite
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    A title is not part of your legal name and is irrelevant.
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
    Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
  • lemonade_lifestyle
    lemonade_lifestyle Posts: 355 Forumite
    I have LPOA for my aunt. I am married but the LPOA has me down as Miss. Have registered LPOA with Santander, they had no issues what so ever. My solicitor also assured me there would be no problem.
    :silenced:
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