Information Sharing of a Registered Lasting Power of Attorney is now Digital

from The Will Company

​In recent years, the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) have modernized their Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) processes. Last summer, the OPG introduced their ‘Using a Lasting Power of Attorney Service’ – an online service letting donors and attorneys share details of a LPA digitally.

Now, rather than sending paper copies, donors and attorneys can share LPA details with an organisation by granting them access to an online summary.

Currently, this new process is only available to clients who have an English or Welsh LPA, registered with the OPG on or after 1 September 2019. Other types of Power of Attorney, such as an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) in Northern Ireland, are not part of this new process

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Steve Worsfold
Affiliate Member of the Society of Will Writers
Advising on Wills/Trusts/Probate/Powers of Attorney

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