To get the best help for your situation, first answer the questions on the Preliminary questions page.
What to do
Guardianship and continuing power of attorney
- Preliminary questions
- Take these steps
- Prepare for the future with a continuing power of attorney
- Preparing a continuing power of attorney
- Content of a continuing power of attorney document
- Keeping and validating the continuing power of attorney document
- Cancelling or changing the continuing power of attorney
- Identifying the situation
- Starting to use the power of attorney
- Managing matters with a continuing power of attorney
- End of the continuing power of attorney
- Identifying the situation of a close person
- Applying for guardianship
- During the guardianship
- Guardianship ends or the guardian is replaced
- When does a child need a guardian?
- Duties of a child’s guardian
- You guardianship duties are ending
- Help with managing finances
- Applying for a guardian for yourself
- If a guardian is appointed to me
- Changing guardians or termination of guardianship
- Checklist
Preparing a continuing power of attorney
Where can I get help for preparing a continuing power of attorney?
You should use expert assistance when preparing a continuing power of attorney because many different things must be considered in the process. Each continuing power of attorney is different. For this reason, there is no single template for a continuing power of attorney that would suit everybody.
You can seek help from legal aid officesOpens in a new window., law firms or notarial services provided by banks.
Updated: 17/6/2022
How much does it cost to prepare a continuing power of attorney?
Preparing a continuing power of attorney usually costs between 100 and 600 euros. The price depends on which party will help you in the process.
Updated: 17/6/2022
Selecting the donee
Select a person that you can trust. You should appoint at least three persons for the task: a donee, a secondary donee and a substitute donee. However, you can prepare a continuing power of attorney even if you could only appoint a single person for the task.
Talk about the matter with the persons that you have selected. They must give their oral consent before you can appoint them to the task. You must also ask them for permission to include their personal details in the power of attorney.
Updated: 18/12/2023
You need two witnesses for the process
You need two impartial witnesses when the continuing power of attorney is signed. Impartiality means among other things that close family members cannot serve as witnesses. Both witnesses must be present at the same time when you sign the continuing power of attorney.
Updated: 11/1/2024