For a financial LPA, with your permission as stated in the document, your attorney can step in and help you with decision making before you lose mental capacity.

Once the marriage schedule is signed, it must be returned to the Register Office by the registrar within 21 days. It must then be added to the electronic register as soon as reasonably practicable. Paying the registrar feeIf you or your partner are under 18 years old and your permanent home is England or Wales, your marriage won't be legally recognised where you live. If you got married before 27 February 2023 Ei rôl yw gwneud yn siŵr eich bod chi’n gallu deall beth rydych chi’n ei lofnodi ac nad ydych chi’n cael eich gorfodi i wneud hyn. Yn ddelfrydol, bydd yn siarad â’r rhoddwr ar wahân ac yn breifat cyn llofnodi a thystio’r ddogfen. Same sex couples can only marry in a religious ceremony, if the religious organisation has agreed to carry out same sex weddings, and the premises have been registered for the marriage of same sex couples. Religious organisations or individual ministers do not have to marry same sex couples. Same sex couples cannot marry in The Church of England or the Church in Wales. Local authority approved premises

Some people may not want to appoint a friend or family member, you can also appoint a professional, such as a solicitor, to be your attorney, however they will charge you for their time acting on your behalf. Q3. I want to appoint a family member as an attorney, but they live abroad. Can I still appoint them? In England and Wales, forced marriage is a criminal offence. If someone forces you into marriage, they could go to prison for up to seven years. If you sign option A and ever need life-sustaining treatment but can’t make decisions, your attorneys can speak to doctors on your behalf as if they were you. You can write instructions or preferences for your attorneys in section 7 of the LPA form. See below for some examples. Alternatively, you can choose that your financial LPA will take effect – and your attorneys will be able to act for you – only when you don’t have mental capacity. As soon as my LPA has been registered (and also when I don’t have mental capacity)You must choose when you want your attorneys to be able to make decisions. Mark only one box with an ‘X’. Mark this box with an ‘X’ if you want your attorneys to help you with your finances while you have mental capacity. We receive hundreds of phone calls each week of people looking for help and information on a number of different things, a lot of which are around creating a lasting power of attorney (LPA). Here are a few of our most frequently asked questions to make your life a little easier when creating an LPA (part 2 can be found here). Q1. How do I apply for a remission or exemption? If you make a second LPA, you must write an instruction in section 7 of your second LPA saying that it comes into force if your first LPA stops working. You might write something like: