Advice please on legal declaration

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I need to make a legal declaration on behalf of my mother who has dementia, I have lpa.

I need to sell a property she owns abroad and to pay capital gains tax so I need to get a legal declaration that she was never in the country for longer than 6 months a year.

I was hoping age concern could do this for me rather than paying a solicitor, the money will go to fund her care and we need to really pay attention to how much we spend.

The country (EU) where she has a property requires her to get a notary witnessed document. My mother is in no state to understand or even sign anything.

Would anyone have any experience of this or be able to advise. Many thanks for any help you can give me, such a stressful time

You really ought to speak to the lawyer handling the sale. This document is needed to satisfy the law of another country (which you don't even name), so unless you name the country, and someone here has knowledge of the law there, you're going to be taking a big risk relying on what someone here tells you.

Just to add- the cost of the advice should be coming out of the sale proceeds.

Age Concern or any solicitor you speak to will tell you that you need to instruct a lawyer in the country of the property as you can't dispose of it under UK law and no UK lawyer will advise on it, whether charity based or not.