My sister has already excluded me from a family funeral, completely against my mother’s best interests. When/if my Mother loses capacity, what’s to stop my sister preventing me from seeing my mother at all? She won’t even inform me what is going on.
Elderly parents
If hostile sibling has LPA what might that mean?
YesIwillyesIwillYes · 29/03/2024 00:47
opalsandcoffee · 29/03/2024 08:40
In the end its your mums decision, and she has chosen your sister, so whatever happens, it is in accordance with your mums wishes
YesIwillyesIwillYes · 29/03/2024 08:47
My Mother has been coerced.
opalsandcoffee · 29/03/2024 08:40
In the end its your mums decision, and she has chosen your sister, so whatever happens, it is in accordance with your mums wishes
newwidowtobe · 29/03/2024 10:26
Sadly it's all too easy 'to get around' if your sister got her friend to sign the certificate ! The checks and balances on POAs are shockingly lax.. the office of the Public Guardian does not even have a formal fraud department ! It's an area that needs a serious overhaul especially with an aging population.
opalsandcoffee · 29/03/2024 16:04
If the OP thinks the certificate was fraudulently obtained, then she needs to report this.
I doubt it was. Why would anyone commit fraud for this reason, what would they gain from faking a certificate for someone elses LPA?
newwidowtobe · 29/03/2024 10:26
Sadly it's all too easy 'to get around' if your sister got her friend to sign the certificate ! The checks and balances on POAs are shockingly lax.. the office of the Public Guardian does not even have a formal fraud department ! It's an area that needs a serious overhaul especially with an aging population.
MereDintofPandiculation · 29/03/2024 20:01
Access to bank accounts?
Ability to arrange care to ensure minimum diminution of inheritance?
opalsandcoffee · 29/03/2024 16:04
If the OP thinks the certificate was fraudulently obtained, then she needs to report this.
I doubt it was. Why would anyone commit fraud for this reason, what would they gain from faking a certificate for someone elses LPA?
newwidowtobe · 29/03/2024 10:26
Sadly it's all too easy 'to get around' if your sister got her friend to sign the certificate ! The checks and balances on POAs are shockingly lax.. the office of the Public Guardian does not even have a formal fraud department ! It's an area that needs a serious overhaul especially with an aging population.
opalsandcoffee · 29/03/2024 22:04
The person who fakes the certificate doesn't have access to bank accounts or any say in arranging care - just the criminal liability if they are caught, no benefit what so ever.
MereDintofPandiculation · 29/03/2024 20:01
Access to bank accounts?
Ability to arrange care to ensure minimum diminution of inheritance?
opalsandcoffee · 29/03/2024 16:04
If the OP thinks the certificate was fraudulently obtained, then she needs to report this.
I doubt it was. Why would anyone commit fraud for this reason, what would they gain from faking a certificate for someone elses LPA?
newwidowtobe · 29/03/2024 10:26
Sadly it's all too easy 'to get around' if your sister got her friend to sign the certificate ! The checks and balances on POAs are shockingly lax.. the office of the Public Guardian does not even have a formal fraud department ! It's an area that needs a serious overhaul especially with an aging population.
saraclara · 30/03/2024 10:41
The person who signed my certification didn't talk it through with me at all. They just signed it for me. Of course they know me well and know my kids and I'm not vulnerable.
Most friends who think they know you well will just sign it surely? Which of course is a flaw in the system, but any extra barrier will mean even longer waiting times (it's 20 weeks at the moment, which in itself or concerning when someone is vulnerable) and fewer people bothering to arrange LPAs. It's a bit of a no win situation.
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