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The Professional Deputies/Donees Scheme allows registered professionals to be appointed to act on the behalf of individuals who have lost mental capacity.
Individuals can plan for their future by appointing a Professional Donee to act on their behalf prior to losing their mental capacity. Families of a person who has lost mental capacity can appoint a Professional Deputy.
Our Mr. Liaw Jin Poh is able to act as a Professional Deputy/Donee in respect of the Property and Affairs, and Personal Welfare of a person lacking capacity.
A Professional Deputy/Donee must be unrelated to the person lacking capacity (“P”) and can provide deputy-ship services for remuneration.
A Professional Deputy/Donee can be appointed to make key decisions affecting P’s property and affairs, as well as personal welfare. For example, they can manage P’s finances to make sure that there is enough monies to meet P’s needs.
The overriding principle is that the Professional Deputy/Donee must act in P’s best interest. A Professional Deputy/Donee is bound to ensure that the decisions made are reasonable, prudent and in the interests of P, i.e for the benefit of P and not for anyone else.
However, if P is able to make certain decisions for themselves, the Professional Deputy/ Donee will not get involved in those decisions.
A Professional Deputy can be appointed by the Court to act for P after P has already lost mental capacity.
P’s family members and caregivers of P may approach a Professional Deputy to act for P.
Where family members cannot agree on who to take care of P , the Professional Deputy may be an alternative solution.
A Professional Donee is appointed by P via a Lasting Power of Attorney when P still has mental capacity.
Elderly singles or childless elderly couples have the option of appointing a Professional Donee. This is especially when they do not want to trouble their own relatives or do not have any relatives who want to act as a donee.
For more information, you may want to refer to the website of the Office of Public Guardian, which is the government body supervising the acts of the Professional Deputy/Donee.
If you wish to appoint our Mr. Liaw Jin Poh to act as a Professional Deputy/Donee, please contact us via WhatsApp at 96922522 or email enquiry@tanleeandchoo.com.sg.