DOC. 501 · QUEENSLAND · ENDURING POWER OF ATTORNEY

Enduring power of attorney .

Queensland’s approved form, word for word — Form 2, or Form 3 for different attorneys — filled in from your answers and ready to sign before one eligible witness. Who decides about your money, your care and your health care if one day you can’t. Below, one family prepares theirs.

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POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 (QLD) · AS IN FORCE FROM 28 APRIL 2026 APPROVED FORMS 2 AND 3 · VERSION 4, WORD FOR WORD FACTS CHECKED — OCTOBER 2026
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Enduring power of attorney
FORM 3 · POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 (QLD)
Section 1I,  , make this enduring power of attorney on Queensland’s approved form, freely and voluntarily.
Section 3Financial matters — my son,  , immediately: my bank, my bills, my rates and, one day perhaps, the house.
Section 3Personal (including health) matters — my daughter,  , only during times I do not have capacity: my care, where I live, my health care.
Witness certificateSigned before a justice of the peace,
Toowoomba City Library · no fee
Status: signed · accepted · no register · waiting 2026
IN USE ✓ Personal and health power in operation · impaired capacity
Kathleen Murray
Principal
James Murray
Attorney · financial
Megan Ellis
Attorney · personal & health
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1 / 6 — TODAY

Kathleen decides, at her kitchen table in Toowoomba.

She’s 74, sharp as ever, and she has seen what happens to families who wait. So she decides now — because an enduring power of attorney can only be made by an adult who has the capacity to make it: who understands what it does, and makes it freely and voluntarily. Not a document about decline; a document about deciding.

HOW: ON QUEENSLAND’S APPROVED FORM, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT GIVES AWAY FREE. THIS FILLS IT IN FROM YOUR ANSWERS, WORD FOR WORD.

2 / 6 — HER SON

James takes the numbers.

The bank, the bills, the rates, one day perhaps the house — financial matters go to her son. Kathleen ticks ‘immediately’, so James can start paying her bills now, while she can still decide for herself. Had she ticked nothing, the form says the power would begin immediately anyway.

3 / 6 — HER DAUGHTER

Megan takes the care side.

Where she lives, her support services, her doctors — personal (including health) matters go to her daughter, who knows which care home Kathleen would actually tolerate. That power only ever operates during times Kathleen can’t decide for herself. Two attorneys with two different jobs: so Kathleen uses Form 3, the long form.

NOTE: AN ATTORNEY MUST BE 18 OR OVER, AND NOT YOUR PAID CARER IN THE LAST THREE YEARS OR YOUR HEALTH PROVIDER. AT MOST FOUR JOINT ATTORNEYS FOR A MATTER.

4 / 6 — SIGNED

One witness, at the library.

Kathleen signs in front of a justice of the peace volunteering at the Toowoomba City Library: one eligible witness, in person, and no fee. The JP is not simply witnessing her signature — they certify that she appeared to understand what she was signing. That evening James and Megan sign their acceptance in section 5; until they do, neither can act.

5 / 6 — THE QUIET YEARS

Then, hopefully, nothing much.

There is no register to lodge it with. Kathleen keeps the original safe and gives certified copies to James, Megan, her doctor and her bank. James pays her bills from her account and keeps a record of every one, as the Act requires. Birthdays, grandchildren, the garden. Kathleen can revoke it at any time while she still has the capacity to make it.

6 / 6 — IF THE DAY COMES

Her rules, their hands.

Years later, a stroke. Kathleen can no longer make decisions about her care, and Megan’s power for personal and health matters now operates. If a hospital wants proof, a doctor’s certificate shows Kathleen’s impaired capacity. No tribunal, no stranger: Megan and James decide for her, guided by the views, wishes and preferences she wrote in section 2.

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SCHEDULE A — THE PRACTICAL PART

Six facts, no mystique.

FormQueensland’s approved Form 2 (short) or Form 3 (long) — free from the Government
SignedBefore one eligible witness — a JP, Cdec, lawyer or notary public — in person
AcceptedEach attorney signs section 5 before they can act
BeginsFinancial: immediately, or when you choose · Personal and health: only while you can’t decide
RegisteredNowhere — only with the Titles Registry before an attorney deals with your land
ChangedRevoked on Form 6 before an eligible witness, while you have capacity
SCHEDULE B — THE ALTERNATIVE

With one, or without one.

With an enduring power of attorney

  • ·Kathleen chose her attorneys herself, years ahead, on the approved form.
  • ·Financial power from the day she made it, as she ticked; personal power only while she can’t decide.
  • ·Her views, wishes and preferences in section 2 guide every decision.
  • ·One eligible witness — a JP, who may not charge for it.

Without one: QCAT and a statutory health attorney

  • ·Family or friends may try to help, but without a legal record of her wishes.
  • ·QCAT may need to appoint a decision-maker — and it may not be her choice.
  • ·For health care, a statutory health attorney decides: a spouse, then an unpaid carer, then a close friend or relation.
  • ·If none is available, the Public Guardian decides her health care.
SCHEDULE C — CONSIDERATION

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Kathleen, James and Megan are illustrative. Clausebook is not a law firm and is not entitled to engage in legal practice in Australia. No one at Clausebook acts as your lawyer. We sell documents you complete yourself and general information about the law they follow — not advice about your situation. For advice, consult an Australian legal practitioner; the form itself recommends independent legal advice before you complete it. Written for Queensland; the law was read in October 2026 and can change.