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Safety of mirror wills? One person has dementia and assets are shared, one sibling has poa.

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MirrorWills · 23/10/2024 16:37

Same situation new aspect.

Elderly married couple have mirror wills, their assets and money are mostly shared some shares in dad's name and pension etc.

Dad didn't want anyone except daughter 2 to be his executor. Now he has dementia.

Can his wife suddenly get her own will drawn up?

Mum has daughter 1 as poa even though she's OK but wants support.

House is sold and a large amount of money is about to go into a bank account that daughter 1 has access too.

A will was changed, whose?
What's to stop daughter one from syphoning off all the money?

OP posts:
Hadalifeonce · 23/10/2024 16:49

The wife, if she has capacity, can change her will if she wants.
POA brings with it legal responsibility, if someone acts against that responsibility there are legal ramifications.