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When Client Affairs team responsibilities end

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  1. 1
    Introduction
  2. 2
    Purpose
  3. 3
    Scope
  4. 4
    Definitions
  5. 5
    Legal context
  6. 6
    Associated Council policies
  7. 7
    Referral - conditions of acceptance
  8. 8
    Application for authority where no other person is willing or able to act
  9. 9
    Authority to act
  10. 10
    Supporting involvement
  11. 11
    Management of financial and property affairs
  12. 12
    Property
  1. 13
    Responsibilities for a deceased person’s estate
  2. 14
    When Client Affairs team responsibilities end
  3. 15
    Fees charged by the Client Affairs team
  4. 16
    Monitoring
  5. 17
    Reports to the Office of the Public Guardian
  6. 18
    Dissatisfaction/complaints
  7. 19
    Implementation
  8. 20
    Review
  9. 21
    Appendix 1: Terms used in this policy
  10. 22
    Appendix 2: Client Affairs fees – from April 2024
  11. 23
    Appendix 3: The Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice
  12. 24
    Policy details

14.1    The Client Affairs team will remain responsible for managing the person’s property and financial affairs until:

  • another person is appointed to manage the person’s property and financial affairs

  • the person regains capacity, or

  • the person dies, and responsibility for managing their property and financial affairs passes to the executor or administrator of their estate

14.2    When a person dies, the Client Affairs team will:

  • provide their executor/administrator with information about the person’s property and financial affairs, or

  • make a referral to the Treasury Solicitor/Bona Vacantia where there is no-one to administer their estate
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