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Cost of POA

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helgarr · 05/02/2023 20:18

Hello

My sister and I need to do LPOA for my Mum - does any one know of the sort of price we should pay.

Many thanks

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PritiPatelsMaker · 05/02/2023 20:57

Are you doing it yourself online? There is a set fee if you do it yourself.

It's not something you should really need a solicitor for, unless you really want to.

Thelondonone · 05/02/2023 20:58

As above, it’s really simple, it’s about £80? No need for a solicitor.

Hmmph · 05/02/2023 21:07

If you do it yourself, you only need to pay the cost to the Government £82, or less if you receive certain benefits.

However you do need witnesses from outside the family and someone else outside the family who either knows them or is a GP who can explain about PoA and make sure there is no pressure.

This is the problem I have with my parent - there is no one to do this and therefore will need the solicitor to do it. No idea of the cost of this yet though!

FenghuangHoyan · 05/02/2023 21:12

To do it yourself and register it, is ~£85. If you use a solicitor, it varies depending on how complicated your situation is. You can get a lot of info online.

My partner used to do LPA's.

NewspaperTaxis · 05/02/2023 21:13

Not even a next-door neighbour, @Hmmph ?

Oldowl · 05/02/2023 21:15

Listening to Martin Lewis, it is a good idea if everyone has one. For £80 we have them in place now ( I am only 50), with my DH and DC able to step in if I ever need them to, and I'm able to step in for DH.

The Martin Lewis podcast on Death, Divorce and Demetia in November. His website is also very good for advice on LPOA.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dch178

Oldowl · 05/02/2023 21:25

We got a LPOA for my mum when she decided to move to the other end of the country aged 70. This was so we could step in and help her if she needed support transferring utilities or legal stuff. She didn't, which was great.

However, 4 years later, she suddenly became very ill and lost her power of speech. In the last 16 weeks of her life the LPOA was invaluable.

At the moment LPOAs are taking 20 weeks to register. We did ours in November and have not had them back yet.

kitcat15 · 05/02/2023 21:28

Hmmph · 05/02/2023 21:07

If you do it yourself, you only need to pay the cost to the Government £82, or less if you receive certain benefits.

However you do need witnesses from outside the family and someone else outside the family who either knows them or is a GP who can explain about PoA and make sure there is no pressure.

This is the problem I have with my parent - there is no one to do this and therefore will need the solicitor to do it. No idea of the cost of this yet though!

A neighbour?

saraclara · 05/02/2023 21:30

It's really easy to do online. The only bit you really have to think about to make sure you do correctly, is the order in which your mum and you and your sister (and witnesses) have to sign the documents.

If you got a solicitor to do it, it wouldn't save any effort at all. The information s/he would require from you is exactly the same as you put on the online form. Money for old rope, for them.

Madcats · 05/02/2023 21:32

Don't forget that there are 2 LPA's. There is the finance one, but also the health one. Get both whilst your relative is deemed competent. We asked DM's GP to sign hers and she was very thorough. If we paid the GP (and I have a hunch we didn't) it wasn't a big sum of money.

Get everybody to date the same day and use their full names throughout (we had to go back to the GP to re-sign everything because one witness used their initials on one page and christian names on another).

If you are methodical and have a degree of resigned determination it is easy enough to do both yourself.

Warspite · 05/02/2023 21:39

I’ve just done it for my mum. By myself with no external help. I did it on paper. I got in touch with the Govt office & asked for 3 blank paper copies and guidance notes. (Read, read, read!) Two to mess up with a dummy run & the final one to send off.
Got two neighbours involved. One to witness mums signature, the other to say she’d known mum for years & that mum is cognisant of the process.
All good. Sent it off with a cheque for the fee. £84.
Was returned within 10 weeks. All good.
Now I’m confidentally going to do her Health one.

HamBone · 05/02/2023 22:06

Yes, do it yourself. I’ve done the Finance and the Health one for my Dad and we asked neighbours and friends from his church to act as witnesses, it was fine. Both processed in about 9 weeks.

HamBone · 05/02/2023 22:08

You can download the forms from the Gov.uk website.

angstridden2 · 05/02/2023 22:15

We’ve just done POA for finance and health. We used a solicitor as they’re taking so long to register at the moment (22 weeks +) and I had visions of the paperwork being returned for small errors and It dragging on for months.It cost about £1200.

bigbluebus · 05/02/2023 22:19

Does anyone know if it's £82 for each one ie financial and health - so £164,or £82 for both if registered at the same time?

angstridden2 · 05/02/2023 22:28

I think it was £82 x 4 I.e 2 lots of finance POA and 2 lots of Health POA for a couple.

ZaZathecat · 05/02/2023 22:30

Yes £82 each. Remember it's the doner (the one giving poa) who pays though, so if they are on a low income, e.g. on Pension Credit, they can be exempt from paying.

PritiPatelsMaker · 06/02/2023 07:44

We took out the health & finance one for both sets of parents. The health ones were invaluable when DF developed stage 4 Cancer and DMIL developed Vascular Dementia. It meant that the HCPs would talk to us and we could advocate on their behalf, like making sure my DF was where he wanted to be for his death.

MereDintofPandiculation · 06/02/2023 09:11

Hmmph · 05/02/2023 21:07

If you do it yourself, you only need to pay the cost to the Government £82, or less if you receive certain benefits.

However you do need witnesses from outside the family and someone else outside the family who either knows them or is a GP who can explain about PoA and make sure there is no pressure.

This is the problem I have with my parent - there is no one to do this and therefore will need the solicitor to do it. No idea of the cost of this yet though!

Solicitor about £400, plus the registration fee.

Which? Magazine have a checking service which hopefully avoids it being rejected by OPG. Now OPG is taking months rather than weeks to register, it might be worth it. £99 on top of the registration fee.

MereDintofPandiculation · 06/02/2023 09:13

Those figures are all per PoA so multiply by 4 if you’re doing both for two parents.

Hmmph · 06/02/2023 23:14

Neighbours are no help sadly as she's only ever said hello. Whilst they could witness, I don't think they could be the 'certificate provider'. Covid made her somewhat reclusive.

TentCampByTheHippoRiver · 07/02/2023 02:44

www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney

TentCampByTheHippoRiver · 07/02/2023 02:46

I did POA myself
Family friend signed that they knew the person
No solicitor involved
Everyone involved has a copy

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helgarr · 14/02/2023 20:02

Thanks for all your comments - is it quicker with a solicitor please

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Hiouo · 14/02/2023 20:09

No quicker no! Just fill it in on the gov.uk website and print and sign! Really simple to do. A solicitor would be a waste of money!

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