The appointment of an Enduring Guardian gives you confidence you’re in safe hands.
When planning for the future, it’s crucial to consider all aspects of your life, including personal, lifestyle, and health decisions. At Gallagher Solicitors & Conveyancers, we understand how deeply personal and important these choices can be, especially when you might not be able to make them yourself due to illness or incapacity. That’s why we offer services related to the appointment of an Enduring Guardian. This is an essential step in ensuring your preferences and values are upheld, even when you’re unable to express them yourself.
Unlike a Power of Attorney helping with financial and legal decisions in your absence, the appointment of an Enduring Guardian means you are selecting someone you trust to make personal, lifestyle, and welfare decisions on your behalf.
What is an Enduring Guardian?
By creating an Enduring Guardian you can be comfortable that, if at some point in the future, your competence to make important decisions is impaired, someone you know and trust will be there to make those personal decisions with your best wishes in mind.
- Examples where these powers may be granted include the authority to decide:
- What medical treatment you receive
- Where you live
- What personal services you receive
- What dental and other treatment you receive
With an extensive understanding as qualified guardianship lawyers in Grafton, the Gallaghers team have experience covering both the creation of, and litigation in relation to, enduring guardianship and can advise you correctly to put you in the best possible position for your future life.
Similarly, there may come a time where you decide you want to include other terms and conditions so it is important you have a trusted, experienced, and approachable legal team of professionals working alongside you from the very beginning.
A person (or people) you can trust with your wishes
Don’t wait until it’s too late to appoint a trusted person to be your Enduring Guardian and Enduring Power of Attorney. Having these documents in place reduces the stress for your loved ones if you can’t make legal, financial, or health decisions for yourself.
In some instances, it may be that the person you choose to manage your financial affairs is the same person you appoint for personal care (like a spouse or blood relative), but legally it is demonstrated by two separate documents. We can assist you in choosing the right person from your trusted network that when called upon, is someone you would have the utmost confidence in.