Lasting Power of Attorney Made Simple (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Staten House, 2026
- Softcover
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Paperback. When Someone Trusts You With Everything Becoming an attorney under a Lasting Power of Attorney can happen quietly. A form is signed, a parent's memory fades, and suddenly you are the person the bank phones, the one paying the bills and making decisions you were never trained to make. Most guidance stops at how to set up an LPA, which is exactly where your real questions begin. What This Book Helps You Do This plain-English guide picks up on the day you step into the role and stays with you through the years you hold it. It explains what an attorney can do, must do, and must never do under the law in England and Wales, across both property and financial affairs and health and welfare decisions. You will see how the Mental Capacity Act shapes every choice, how to prove your authority, and how to manage money, care, and property with confidence. Why This Book Is Different Rather than repeating the registration process, this book focuses on the practical work of acting as an attorney after the LPA is registered. It teaches through short, realistic worked examples and clear explanations, then shows what to do when things go wrong. You will find straightforward help with dealing with banks, keeping records that protect you, the strict rules on gifts, paying for care, the line around deprivation of assets, family disagreements, and Office of the Public Guardian enquiries. This Book Is for Readers Who have recently become an attorney for a parent, partner, or friend are supporting someone with dementia, a stroke, or a long illness and now manage their affairs want a clear guide to power of attorney duties in England and Wales feel unsure about money, care, or record keeping and want to get it right prefer plain language over legal jargon A Clear Place to Begin If you want a practical guide to acting as an attorney in England and Wales, this book offers a structured place to start and a steady reference to return to. Written for ordinary people carrying an important responsibility, it turns uncertainty into understanding, one decision at a time. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Lasting Power of Attorney Made Simple (Paperback)
- Author
- Jim Steve Garner
- Publisher
- Staten House
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798905992834
When Someone Trusts You With Everything
Becoming an attorney under a Lasting Power of Attorney can happen quietly. A form is signed, a parent's memory fades, and suddenly you are the person the bank phones, the one paying the bills and making decisions you were never trained to make. Most guidance stops at how to set up an LPA, which is exactly where your real questions begin.
What This Book Helps You Do
This plain-English guide picks up on the day you step into the role and stays with you through the years you hold it. It explains what an attorney can do, must do, and must never do under the law in England and Wales, across both property and financial affairs and health and welfare decisions. You will see how the Mental Capacity Act shapes every choice, how to prove your authority, and how to manage money, care, and property with confidence.
Why This Book Is Different
Rather than repeating the registration process, this book focuses on the practical work of acting as an attorney after the LPA is registered. It teaches through short, realistic worked examples and clear explanations, then shows what to do when things go wrong. You will find straightforward help with dealing with banks, keeping records that protect you, the strict rules on gifts, paying for care, the line around deprivation of assets, family disagreements, and Office of the Public Guardian enquiries.
This Book Is for Readers Who
have recently become an attorney for a parent, partner, or friend
are supporting someone with dementia, a stroke, or a long illness and now manage their affairs
want a clear guide to power of attorney duties in England and Wales
feel unsure about money, care, or record keeping and want to get it right
prefer plain language over legal jargon
A Clear Place to Begin
If you want a practical guide to acting as an attorney in England and Wales, this book offers a structured place to start and a steady reference to return to. Written for ordinary people carrying an important responsibility, it turns uncertainty into understanding, one decision at a time.
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