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Official sample of an enduring power of attorney and an explanation of what makes the document valid.
Legal guidance for professional deputies and attorneys on the rules about giving gifts on behalf of the person they act for.
Find contact details of panel deputies available to support people who lack mental capacity.
Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.
Guidance for NHS regarding disclosure to individuals holding either a Lasting Power of Attorney or a deputyship.
Get a refund of deputyship fees: eligibility, what you'll get and how to claim.
Form to find out if someone has a guardian acting for them
People who lack mental capacity can be helped to express their views by an independent mental capacity advocate service.
Advice to help court-appointed deputies look after adults at risk.
The Office of the Public Guardian's approach to family care payments, also known as gratuitous care payments.
OPG’s standards for lay deputies, public authority deputies and professional deputies and guidance to advise on how they can meet those standards.
Detailed guides for people making property and finance or health and welfare decisions under a lasting power of attorney.
The data we hold about you, your rights and how to contact us about it.
Find out about making investments for someone who does not have mental capacity.
How to stop being an attorney under an enduring power of attorney (EPA).
How the Mental Capacity Act 2005 applies to health and social care staff.
How you can request to search the Public Guardian registers and request additional information.
How the Mental Capacity Act 2005 affects you if ever you lose mental capacity.
Refunds for application fees for lasting power of attorneys and enduring power of attorneys
How and when to notify the Office of the Public Guardian that a donor, attorney, client or court-appointed deputy has died.
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