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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.
Official sample of an enduring power of attorney and an explanation of what makes the document valid.
Forms for court-appointed deputies to report actions taken on behalf of their clients in the past year.
How you can request to search the Public Guardian registers and request additional information.
The main decision-making board and committees of the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG).
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
Refunds for application fees for lasting power of attorneys and enduring power of attorneys
Find out about making investments for someone who does not have mental capacity.
The data we hold about you, your rights and how to contact us about it.
Detailed guides for people making property and finance or health and welfare decisions under a lasting power of attorney.
People who lack mental capacity can be helped to express their views by an independent mental capacity advocate service.
Find out the methods available for paying your deputyship fees.
Find out about the ways people can make certain decisions for you or do certain things on your behalf
What to do first if you're acting for someone under a lasting power of attorney for health and care decisions.
How the Mental Capacity Act 2005 affects you if ever you lose mental capacity.
LPAs can help everyone plan for the future in case of accidents, and illnesses such as dementia, strokes and heart disease.
OPG’s standards for lay deputies, public authority deputies and professional deputies and guidance to advise on how they can meet those standards.
What the Office of the Public Guardian expects from companies that provide surety bonds to court-appointed deputies.
Official samples of lasting powers of attorney, an enduring power of attorney and a deputy order.
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