Saesneg: enduring power of attorney

Rhan ymadrodd

Enw, Benywaidd, Unigol

Lluosog

atwreiaethau parhaus

Diffiniad

An enduring power of attorney (EPA) under English law is a legal authorisation to act on someone else's behalf in legal and financial matters which (unlike other kinds of power of attorney) can continue in force after the person granting it loses mental capacity, and so can be used to manage the affairs of people who have lost the ability to deal with their own affairs, without the need to apply to the Court of Protection.

Nodiadau

Defnyddir yr acronym EPA yn y ddwy iaith. Ni cheir creu atwrneiaeth barhaus ar ôl mis Hydref 2007, er bod atwrneiaethau parhaus a wnaed cyn hynny yn dal mewn grym. Disodlwyd yr EPA gan yr atwrneiaeth arhosol (lasting power of attorney) yn 2007.