Selling house and power of attorney

[nitram]

I’m not sure if your Mum has to agree to it.

She does not.
I've already posted
https://www.gov.uk/joint-property-ownership/change-from-joint-tenants-to-tenants-in-common .
which says:
Change from joint tenants to tenants in common
This is called ‘severance of joint tenancy’. You should apply for a ‘Form A restriction’.

You can make this change without the other owners’ agreement.

All dad has to do is serve notice of his intention.

 

[jackdog35]

I’m not sure if your Mum has to agree to it. When I was looking into this more than twenty years ago (so my memory may be adrift) my husband, with full capacity, wasn’t happy with the idea even though I explained why it seemed a good idea. At the time he was suffering with depression and diabetes and it seemed a good idea that if anything happened to me and he ended up in care my half was left to our children.
Our solicitor friend did all the work for us which, as far as I remember, involved me signing a declaration severing the joint tenancy and changing it to tenants in common.
As I say, this was a long time ago and I may be wrong. His Will left everything to me so his half came to me anyway when he died.

Thanks from what I’ve read you’re correct, we’ll see what the solicitor comes back with but maybe he just doesn’t want to get involved. I can see that we can fill in the forms and do it ourselves