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Exploring opportunities to expand our private practice by advising attorneys, particularly in relation to use of the donor’s funds to:
- Make gifts
- Meet needs and
- Pay themselves or close family or friends for the services they are providing
Learning objectives
- To better equip attorneys for their role
- To understand the limits of an attorney’s authority under a lasting power of attorney
- To appreciate the difference between a gift and a payment to meet needs
- To understand when an application to court may be needed
- To be able to represent attorneys in applying to court for approval of gifts or payment for care, or ratification of decisions made previously which were outside their authority

