What does PG stand for?

It adjudicates on contentious cases handled by the Office of the Public Guardian, a Ministry of Justice department which appoints 'deputies' to act for the mentally impaired when they have not written a living will.

After two years of teething problems with these forms, the good news is that the Office of the Public Guardian has now listened to representations from Solicitors for the Elderly, the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners and the Probate Section of The Law Society (of all of which Goodman Derrick partners are members) and more user-friendly forms are to be issued in time for the second birthday of the LPA.

Your appointed attorney(s) cannot act for you until the LPA in question has been registered with the Office of the Public Guardian.

The number of applications to the Office of the Public Guardian (the OPG) for a finance or health and welfare decision have significantly exceeded expectations.

Byline: Dawn Joughin DELAYS in the registration of Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) by the Office of the Public Guardian are causing high levels of stress to many elderly and vulnerable members of society, and their families.

The Office of the Public Guardian is the body that supervises the people who have been appointed to manage the financial or property affairs of an adult who lacks the capacity to do so for themselves.

A: The Office of the Public Guardian recommends that LPAs be registered by the donor (the person making the LPA) at the earliest opportunity.

Even then, that might just be a fraction of the problem — the state public guardian estimated in 2004 that 5,000 to 10,000 people who needed its services weren't getting them.