An enduring power of attorney (EPA) is a legal document which sets out who can take care of your personal or financial matters if you can't. That person is called your attorney.
You can set up an enduring power of attorney through a lawyer or trustee corporation. You don’t need to go through the Family Court to set it up but the Family Court gets involved if any issues need to be sorted out.
The forms you will need to use to set up an enduring power of attorney for matters relating to your personal care and welfare, and financial matters (property), are below.
for directions - for example, about accounts to be kept by the attorney, or who will pay the expenses of the attorney
to take some action in respect of an EPA - for example, to decide whether a person is suitable to act as an attorney, or give permission for the attorney to make a Will for the person the EPA is for
an attorney of the person the EPA was made for (but not the same attorney who is acting under the EPA. For example, a person may have appointed more than one person under different EPAs – 1 person to manage their financial affairs and 1 to manage their welfare)
Certificate of non-revocation and non-suspension of EPA
If you are an attorney whose authority to act is questioned, you can certify, using the form below, that you have not received any notice that the EPA is terminated, your appointment is ended, or your authority to act is suspended.