Court Of Protection - Documents

atalanta | 15:41 Sun 06th Apr 2014 | Law

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Does any one know how long you have to keep CoP papers after someone's death ? My brother and I were deputies dealing with my father's affairs for several years. The CoP did not find fault with anything we did. When father died, over three years ago now, the deputyship ended and we became executors. The estate has been wound up and fully settled. The Inland Revenue are satisfied with his tax affairs. How long do we have to keep the old Court of Protection papers ? There are acres of these papers and I need the space. Can I shred them now ?

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woofgang

I don't know if its the same but I asked HMRC about keeping papers and they said 7 years from the date of death. You might check with the C of P. If its the same for them.

Rosetta

Give The Court of Protection a call. If you do have to keep the documentation ask them if it would be ok to scan them and keep them digitally on your computer