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Power of Attorney Kits
for use in Victoria Australia

The kit that shows you how to make and use all four types of Power of Attorney in Victoria
- no lawyer fees
- for only $33 plus postage

Do you want someone to do things like:

• operate a bank account for you?
• sign a contract to sell your house (or buy one) for you?
• consult with doctors to make decisions about your medical treatment if you can no longer do it yourself?

You can authorise someone to do any of these things for you, by giving them "Power of Attorney".  The "self-help" kit from LEGAL KITS OF VICTORIA shows you: How to make the right type of Power of Attorney How to use it (and make certified copies of it) How to terminate it if necessary.

Four Types

In Victoria Australia there are four types of Power of Attorney:

• General: Power of Attorney (which some people call a "financial" power, because people often use it to get someone to take care of financial matters)
• Enduring: Power of Attorney (which is different from a General power in one very important way - it "endures" even if you become mentally incapable of managing your own affairs). Elderly people often use this type if they worry about being incapacitated by stroke or Alzheimers, or some other illness. It can also be very useful to young people, if they (say) go into a coma after a sporting or road accident.
• Medical Treatment:  Power of Attorney (which authorises someone to make decisions about your medical treatment after you lose the mental capacity to make such decisions yourself).

• Guardianship Appointment: This is not called a Power of Attorney but it works like one. It was introduced by Victoria in 1999 and it allows you to appoint a guardian who can make decisions that affect your lifestyle - where you live etc. It also allows your guardian to make medical treatment decisions if you do not also have an Enduring Power of Attorney (Medical Treatment).

The Power of Attorney Kit

The Power of Attorney Kit shows you how to make and use all these types, and includes:

• Explanations of the three types
• Blank forms for all three types (there are two blanks of the "enduring financial" and "enduring medical treatment" types so that two partners can make these with one Kit)
• Samples of the General & Enduring type
• Blank forms for the Refusal of Medical Treatment by either a (mentally) competent person or a mentally incompetent person
• Blank form for terminating a Power of Attorney.

This low-cost easy-to-use Kit could save you around $200, but it does more than that. It also gives you a good understanding of what Power of Attorney is all about, and that could prove valuable. Note that it is designed for use in Victoria Australia.

Questions & Answers

Some common questions about Power of Attorney are answered here:  Questions & Answers.

Please don't email questions to us about the use of Powers of Attorney because we don't operate an advisory service. And we do not assist people who don't want to buy our kit but want us to help them fill out forms they got somewhere else .

Using a Victorian Power of Attorney
interstate or overseas

For some information about using a Victorian Power of Attorney in other Australian States or overseas see these notes 

Current Edition

Kit Publication dates. (To return here use the "back" button).

17 November 2008