LPA replacement attourney

[justanoldun]

I have had an LPA in place since 2016. My wife has power of attorney and I had my son and daughter as replacement attorneys. I am estranged from my son who has moved abroad and thought that I could avoid conflict in the future, if I am predeceased by my wife, by making a partial deed of revocation. However the paperwork has come back from the Office of PG saying :
'The replacement attorney Mr ******* will no longer be able to use the LPA and we have told him this. As the replacement attorney appointment defaults to act jointly, the remaining replacement attorny will not be able to act under the LPA either.'
Never saw that coming. Is the only solution a new LPA?
TIA

[atticus]

That seems to be the only solution. You will need therefore to pay a new registration fee for each LPA - property & finance and health & welfare.

Are you aware that you can prepare your LPA yourself online? These things are not difficult. Do come back if you have any specific questions.

[justanoldun]

I have had an LPA in place since 2016. My wife has power of attorney and I had my son and daughter as replacement attorneys. I am estranged from my son who has moved abroad and thought that I could avoid conflict in the future, if I am predeceased by my wife, by making a partial deed of revocation. However the paperwork has come back from the Office of PG saying :
'The replacement attorney Mr ******* will no longer be able to use the LPA and we have told him this. As the replacement attorney appointment defaults to act jointly, the remaining replacement attorny will not be able to act under the LPA either.'
Never saw that coming. Is the only solution a new LPA?
TIA

Thanks for that. Yes I did the original online but was blindsided by the 'defaults to act jointly' bit. Still can't see why that is so.'

[Pezza54]

Please read Section 4 of Form LP1F

If more than one replacement attorney is nominated, and if they are required, they will all step in at once. If they fully replace your original attorney(s) at once, they will usually act jointly (the default position)

If you decide to put a new LPA in place, you should carefully consider naming attorneys that must act jointly, or may act jointly and severally

Nominating more than one replacement attorney appears to have its disadvantages

[justanoldun]

Yes I see that but - in section4 - when and how replacement attorneys can act I selected : I want to change when or how my attorneys can act and filled in continuation sheet 2 with - to act jointly or sevrally. It seems that I should have signed that sheet on or before section 9. Unfortunately I signed section 9 a day later so it is marked as invalid! That is why it defaulted to Jointly.

[Pezza54]

No, you should have signed Section 9 and any continuation sheets before the attorneys and replacement attorneys signed

IMO the OPG should have spotted the discrepancy in the signature dates before registering the form and banking the fee. Try phoning the helpline

[justanoldun]

Yes I'll try that though its 9 years ago I put it in to them.
Thanks

[Pezza54]

It's a long form to have to complete again, not to mention obtaining witness and attorneys signatures for a second time.
Have an excuse ready why the form was not signed in the correct order and ask why the dates weren't checked and the error queried by OPG staff at the time the form was submitted