POA - who do I get, don’t want family or friends

[Windmill34]

So wanting to write my will.
i don’t want any of my sisters as they are in there 70’s now and I wouldn’t want to burden them in having to have to sort it out.

so my question is
is there anyone that can do this for me ?
obviously there is a cost involved,

Does anyone know or have this information

Do you mean power of attorney, or executor of your will?

I think you can pay a solicitor to be a poa, you def can to be executor of your will.

Poa should be a friend but wills, just appoint a solicitors firm as executor-there is a cost.

Poa usually a friend as it’s supposedly to follow your wishes. Presumably you can do it somehow though.

Do you want to make a will or power of attorney or both?

whoever is named as executor of your will can appoint a solicitor but there will be some upfront costs

also I’m sure you are not silly but I know one person who appointed someone as executor who wasn’t going to be a beneficiary.

my sister is the executor of my will but I can see why you would prefer not to in your case. Depends what their health is like.

Solicitors can do it. Obviously there's a cost with that version. You can also do advanced decisions making it clear what you would want in certain circumstances.

i just want to have a will with my wishes on what goes to who
and then someone to make it happen after my pass

but not a family member

That's nothing to do with POA (power of attorney), OP. Though it's not a bad idea to have a POA in place as well, especially medical POA, in case you can't make your own decisions eventually. As to your will, yes, just get your solicitor to be the executor.

Ok sorry for my confusion 🤦‍♀️

so a solicitor will do the executor
but what about POA if I haven’t got anyone

Power of attorney is someone who you appoint to make financial or health & welfare decisions for you in the future possibility that you would be unable to do it yourself eg if you get dementia . It should be somebody who would know your wishes and act in your best interests . Is this what you mean ? It's nothing to do with your will .

Poa is different it’s about if you are alive but unable to manage things for yourself (think dementia or some other condition). There are two POAs one is for health decisions the other relates to your finance and property. If you don’t choose people you know and trust to act on your behalf the court or social workers might have to take over. This could be decisions such as having carers, selling your house. Hopefully you never need it but nobody ever knows what the future holds.

Executor of the will is exactly that -they spring into action after you pass. As far as I know it’s often beneficiaries who are also executors but it does not have to be. If you don’t want relatives to sort it out a solicitor I’m sure would for a fee.