Sport1 min ago
Fao Barmaid
Hi, sorry to bother you but in layman’s terms please can you tell me what Power of Attorney is?
I am named as a 1of 3 people to be P of A , I have the letter sent to me by a solicitor acting for our friends, this was in 2024 and to be honest I put it with all other official papers, now the make friend ( couple) is terminal and so it’s made me look more closely at the copy, a lot is in legal jargon , I’m aware that each who has this P of A will all have to agree on aspects of it, I’m afraid his wife will not be able to cope let alone make decisions as he’s always done everything for her, she’s obviously the first named in the document, I hope this doesn’t sound silly ?
I am named as a 1of 3 people to be P of A , I have the letter sent to me by a solicitor acting for our friends, this was in 2024 and to be honest I put it with all other official papers, now the make friend ( couple) is terminal and so it’s made me look more closely at the copy, a lot is in legal jargon , I’m aware that each who has this P of A will all have to agree on aspects of it, I’m afraid his wife will not be able to cope let alone make decisions as he’s always done everything for her, she’s obviously the first named in the document, I hope this doesn’t sound silly ?
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again, it might well be (and would probably be usual) for the 25% to go to the other person on the second death, and everything to go to the existing partner on the 1st death, which mean she'd be perfectly welcome to change her will after her husbands death and need not bother him at the mo. You'd have to check the will tho
