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Hi there, over the past six months dad has lost control of his type 2 diabetes,
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<blockquote data-quote="cd667" data-source="post: 2293888" data-attributes="member: 528551"><p>You will notice that at several points on the form, you are told to seek legal advice.</p><p></p><p>Many people have written LPAs themselves which have turned out to be unusable because they didn't understand the implications of what they put on the form. An LPA that doesn't work is worse than useless because you think you're covered but when it comes to registration time you find it doesn't work like you think you will.</p><p></p><p>Between 2012 and 2015 the Office of the Public Guardian received over just over a million LPA applications and out of those, 15,000 were rejected outright and 130,000 were considered imperfect for registration(they didn't go through, or didn't work as intended). I'm still new here so I can't post links, but if you Google "Our Reference: 97860 June 2015 Freedom of Information Request" you will see the statistics directly from the OPG.</p><p></p><p>I was involved with the consultation that led to the development of the LPA, and I can tell you the OPG were heavily criticised for their implication that the form is something you fill out yourself. It makes no odds to us - my industry makes much more money from people who don't write Wills and LPAs properly than we do out of people who do - but it can be a real mess when things go wrong.</p><p></p><p>TL: DR; The form is simple, but the law around LPAs is extremely complex. Nearly 10% of DIY registrations fail. Do you really want to try to do this yourself?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cd667, post: 2293888, member: 528551"] You will notice that at several points on the form, you are told to seek legal advice. Many people have written LPAs themselves which have turned out to be unusable because they didn't understand the implications of what they put on the form. An LPA that doesn't work is worse than useless because you think you're covered but when it comes to registration time you find it doesn't work like you think you will. Between 2012 and 2015 the Office of the Public Guardian received over just over a million LPA applications and out of those, 15,000 were rejected outright and 130,000 were considered imperfect for registration(they didn't go through, or didn't work as intended). I'm still new here so I can't post links, but if you Google "Our Reference: 97860 June 2015 Freedom of Information Request" you will see the statistics directly from the OPG. I was involved with the consultation that led to the development of the LPA, and I can tell you the OPG were heavily criticised for their implication that the form is something you fill out yourself. It makes no odds to us - my industry makes much more money from people who don't write Wills and LPAs properly than we do out of people who do - but it can be a real mess when things go wrong. TL: DR; The form is simple, but the law around LPAs is extremely complex. Nearly 10% of DIY registrations fail. Do you really want to try to do this yourself? [/QUOTE]
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