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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN5517292 Not upheld

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What this decision was about

Bereavement and power of attorney

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mrs and Mr J complain that National Savings and Investments (“NS&I”) has wrongly refused to accept that Mr J was capable of giving Mrs J an Enduring Power of Attorney (“EPA”) over his financial affairs.Bereavement and power of attorney

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN5517292.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

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