Lasting power of attorney, being in care and managing finances

Includes dealing with benefits, taxes and leaving care

Making decisions for someone

• Find out if someone has an attorney, deputy or guardian acting for them
• Make decisions on behalf of someone

Power of attorney

• Make, register or end a lasting power of attorney
• Manage a lasting power of attorney
• View a lasting power of attorney
• Enduring power of attorney: acting as an attorney
• Use or cancel an enduring power of attorney
• Claim a power of attorney refund

Being a deputy

• Deputies: make decisions for someone who lacks capacity
• Deputies: manage a Court Funds Office account

Being a carer

• Carer's Allowance

Raising concerns

• Report a concern about an attorney, deputy or guardian
• Make an urgent or emergency application to the Court of Protection
• Apply for a one-off decision from the Court of Protection
• Object to the registration of a power of attorney
• Apply to the Mental Health Tribunal

Managing someone's finances

• Become an appointee for someone claiming benefits
• Claim and deal with Child Benefit for someone else
• Manage a missing person's finances and property

Court Funds Office

• Contact the Court Funds Office
• Get your court funds money when you turn 18
• Get court funds money when you recover mental capacity

Young people in care

• Leaving foster or local authority care