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Please click here to use DYOdocs to create a free report on the legal documents which you need as part of your will-based estate plan or click here to use DYOdocs to create a free report on the legal documents which you need as part of your trust-based estate and asset protection plan.

See below for information on why you need enduring powers of attorney.

You have 2 choices:

Do it yourself by completing DYOdocs online workflow at substantially discounted costs with detailed signing instructions.
Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers Limited with their legal advice. They can be signed at Ross Holmes Lawyers Limited’s offices, or via Zoom using Ross Holmes Lawyers takeaway service.

DYOdocs options:

Start EPA for property for 1 person $150 ***

Start EPA for welfare for 1 person $150 ***

Start EPA for property for a couple $240 ***

Start EPA for welfare for a couple $240 ***

Start EPAs for property and welfare for 1 person $240 ***

Start EPAs for property and welfare for a couple $384 ***

*** all the above excluding the lawyer’s witnessing costs

Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers Limited options:

Start EPA for property for 1 person $300

Start EPA for welfare for 1 person $300

Start EPAs for property and welfare for 1 person $500

Start EPA for property for couple $480

Start EPA for welfare for a couple $480

Start EPAs for property and welfare for a couple $800

You have these optional add-ons:

DYOdocs online workflow optional add-ons:
1. $86.25 per document: expert online review by Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers Limited. Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers Limited will check and correct the document.
2. $57.50 per document witnessing. They can be signed at Ross Holmes Lawyers Limited’s offices, or via Zoom using Ross Holmes Lawyers takeaway service.
3. Printing and couriering documents:
  1. :For 1 person $26.50.
  2. For a couple $38.00.
Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers Limited optional add-ons:
1. Printing and couriering documents:
  1. For 1 person $26.50.
  2. For a couple $38.00.

Why you need enduring powers of attorney

Under New Zealand law, EPAs allow you to appoint someone you trust to manage your financial and healthcare affairs if you become mentally incapacitated. Unlike a normal power of attorney, which becomes invalid once you lose mental capacity, an EPA can be used if you're no longer able to make decisions for yourself.

Think of an EPA as a safety net that ensures your wishes are carried out, no matter what happens. With an EPA in place, you get to choose who will take care of your affairs if you're unable to do so yourself. Without an EPA, your family and advisers will need to go through the costly and time-consuming process of applying to the Family Court to have someone appointed. Click here for more information on enduring powers of attorney.

Our DYO powers of attorney enable you to painlessly appoint those whom you trust as your attorneys for both enduring powers of attorney and ordinary powers of attorney.

In this way, disputes can be avoided over your intentions on these important matters.

Your enduring powers of attorney must be witnessed by a New Zealand lawyer with a current practising certificate or a qualified legal executive with at least one year’s experience (they must be working for and directly supervised by a lawyer), or someone from a trustee company like Public Trust. Your attorney’s signature also has to be witnessed by an adult witness.

For more information read Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers Limited’s free legal guide: Enduring powers of attorney