Sandsford Law

 

Online Lasting Power of Attorney Form

Complete the simple step by step form to get your LPA online today

LPA

Make a Lasting Power of Attorney

This online service will help you create a lasting power of attorney (LPA) for England and Wales.

You will be guided through a step by step process answering questions along the way. We will use your answers to create an LPA ready for you to sign and send to the Office of the Public Guardian for registration.

Get your free LPA guide which will provide all the information you’ll need to make an LPA.

Make a Lasting Power of Attorney

We'll use your answers to the questions that follow to make a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) for you that we will print off and post back to you, ready for you to get everyone to sign and send to the Office of the Public Guardian for registration.

You can make an LPA to cover property and financial affairs, or health and welfare.

We charge just £99 per Document.

There is an additional, separate means tested fee of up to £82 payable to the Government. We provide full details of this with your LPA application.

Your details

 

First, please give us some information about yourself.

You do not have to be the person the LPA is for (the Donor) – you might be helping someone else make an LPA.

Who is the donor for this LPA?

 

The donor:

  • must be 18 or over
  • must be able to make their own decisions at the time their LPA is made – this is known as having mental capacity

Only the donor can make decisions about their LPA and the people to involve.

When can the LPA be used?

 

If the donor wants help straight away with managing their property and finances, he or she should select that their LPA can be used as soon as it's registered.

Alternatively, he or she can select that their LPA can only be used if they do not have mental capacity.

Most donors choose this option because it is the most practical. While the donor still has mental capacity, their attorneys can only act with the donor's permission. The donor will still be in control of all decisions affecting them.

This means the attorneys can only act if the donor does not have mental capacity to make certain decisions themselves. Be careful as this option can make the LPA a lot less useful. Every time the attorneys try to use the LPA, they might be asked to prove that the donor does not have mental capacity.

Who are the attorneys?

 

Attorneys are people the donor appoints to make decisions on their behalf.

It is very important that the attorney(s) is/are people the donor can trust to respect their wishes and act in their best interests.

Later on, you will be asked if the donor would like to add replacement attorneys if the original attorney(s) is/are unable or unwilling to continue.

Does the donor want any replacement attorneys?

Who is the certificate provider?

 

The certificate provider is an impartial person who helps to protect the donor’s interests.

The certificate provider cannot be a member of the donor’s family.

Every LPA must have a certificate provider, but you can choose to skip this for now and decide upon your certificate provider later.

Who should be notified about the LPA?

 

The donor can choose up to 5 people to be notified about the LPA application.

These people have a chance to raise any concerns before the LPA is registered.

Having ‘people to notify’ is entirely optional and most people choose not to add anyone.

Preferences and Instructions

 

You've entered all the essential information needed for the LPA.

You may now add the donor’s preferences or instructions for their attorneys. This section is purely optional, and most people skip it for now, while they think it over.

For example, the donor could add preferences about making charitable donations or managing their bank accounts. The donor could add instructions about giving gifts, managing investments or seeking professional tax advice.

Preferences and Instructions Preferences

These are things the donor would like their attorneys to think about when making decisions. Use words like 'prefer' or 'would like'.

Instructions

These are things that the attorneys MUST or MUST NOT do. Use words like 'must' or 'have to'.

Who’s applying to register the LPA?

Who should we send the LPA to?