Hi everybody
I was wondering as quite a few people have been to the Court of Protection if somebody could help me with procedure.
Here's the facts:
Mum and I jointly own the house we both live in.
I have PoA over mum's financial affairs only.
I am tomorrow going to ask the local advocacy service to assign mum an advocate (they say she does not qualify for an IMCA)
I understand I need to get the CoP's permission to sell our house.
Memory clinic is dragging its feet about assessing mum's capacity but whatever it decides I can't imagine that any solicitor would spend more than five minutes with her before deciding she's incapable of agreeing a business contract like a housesale (hence the advocate).
What I am struggling with is trustee/deputy and I can't get the Court of Protection to give me an answer. Do I need to get both a deputy and a trustee for my mum? Do I find those people or does the CoP appoint them when I fill in the forms and submit them?
Anyone who can suggest what the next step is in moving forward to sell the house and ensure Ma's rights/wishes are properly recognised and protected would be very welcome.
(BTW I've just seen on another thread there's an information pack from Solicitor's for the Elderly, which I've not looked through yet),
I was wondering as quite a few people have been to the Court of Protection if somebody could help me with procedure.
Here's the facts:
Mum and I jointly own the house we both live in.
I have PoA over mum's financial affairs only.
I am tomorrow going to ask the local advocacy service to assign mum an advocate (they say she does not qualify for an IMCA)
I understand I need to get the CoP's permission to sell our house.
Memory clinic is dragging its feet about assessing mum's capacity but whatever it decides I can't imagine that any solicitor would spend more than five minutes with her before deciding she's incapable of agreeing a business contract like a housesale (hence the advocate).
What I am struggling with is trustee/deputy and I can't get the Court of Protection to give me an answer. Do I need to get both a deputy and a trustee for my mum? Do I find those people or does the CoP appoint them when I fill in the forms and submit them?
Anyone who can suggest what the next step is in moving forward to sell the house and ensure Ma's rights/wishes are properly recognised and protected would be very welcome.
(BTW I've just seen on another thread there's an information pack from Solicitor's for the Elderly, which I've not looked through yet),