Susan's mother had a Will, but it was written in 1998 and named an executor who had since passed away. There was no LPA, which meant nobody had legal authority to manage her finances or make care decisions on her behalf. The family had been making decisions informally, but the moment they needed to access her bank accounts to pay for care, everything stopped.
What we didWe helped Susan understand the deputyship process and what it would involve for her family. We worked with her to get her own LPA and Will done while she still had clarity and time. We also helped her think through the donee conversation with her own husband and child so history would not repeat itself.
Where she is nowThe deputyship process for her mother was long and expensive. Susan does not say this bitterly. She says it quietly, as a fact. Her own documents are now in order. Her daughter knows where everything is.
The families who go through this always say the same thing afterwards: do not wait.
Your situation
If you have been putting off the LPA conversation, this is probably the nudge.
Worth a conversation