I agree with the capacity thing we were told that as long as dad had understanding of what he was signing at the time of signing the LPA and its implications it could be done. Dad had been diagnosed already with mixed dementia.
I downloaded the forms from the internet gov.uk as has already been mentioned and filled them in for dad as his writing wasn't that good plus there is a fair amount to look over. It was fairly easy to do as long as you go over carefully and there were helpful notes on each section on a separate download that helped explain each question and advice as to what options meant. It was so much cheaper and dad has no property so it was just to help us help him legally.
Dad had Jointly and Severally option and to be used either before or after capacity is lost reason being proof of lost capacity could be needed if selected only after lost capacity. They actually do advocate it being the best option. My sister and I are both Attorneys.
We had dads GP sign as Certificate Provider to dads capacity and he also witnessed both my sister and I sign as Attorneys we figured this way there was no chance of any queries as to dad capacity at the time. We registered the document straight away but didn't actually take to bank for them to give us POA cards etc for many months as dad could still use his card if out shopping albeit with a reminder of PIN. We have now reached the stage where he barely goes out so I do use his card for shop but keep all the receipts in a book in the event that they are needed or any query's made.
I also have a LPA for my partner done last year as he has Parkinson's now and its progressing further he has used a rubber stamp for his signature for a couple of years and no I don't use it
he does trust me. Partner's was also done from the internet however as we own property together as Tenants In Common I had to make sure we had another Attorney as well as myself that had no financial interest in our property as I can sell my share but not his share of the property too a quirk in the Legal system? but presumably done to add protection to other owner which many may not be aware of
. Not very logical for me to sell part of our home, we have been together 18 years in our current home. Partner has left his share to me in his Will.
We had a neighbour sign partners capacity he doesn't have dementia and we have two Attorneys myself and other plus a replacement attorney in the event we lose one
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