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Application form — wording for the free-text boxes

Copy this wording onto the official COP1 form. Anything in square brackets still needs your answer.

COP1 — APPLICATION FORM (draft wording)

Applicant: [your full name]
Address: [your address]
Phone: [phone]   Email: [email]
Relationship to the person this is about: [e.g. mother, father, sister]

The person this application is about ("P"): [P's initials]
Date of birth: [P's date of birth]
Where P lives: [P's address or care setting]

What I am asking the court to decide:
[State plainly what order you want, e.g. to be appointed deputy for property and financial affairs, or a decision about where P lives and who P has contact with]

Why P cannot make these decisions themselves:
[Name the impairment or disturbance of the mind or brain and how it affects understanding, retaining, using or weighing information, or communicating a decision]

Why the court needs to decide this now:
[Set out dates and events. Say what has been tried, what has gone wrong, and what harm continues without an order]

Why this order is in P's best interests, and why it is the least restrictive option:
I have applied section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. [P's initials]'s wishes, feelings, beliefs and values are set out below. I have considered less restrictive alternatives and explain why they do not meet the need.
[P's wishes and feelings, how P expresses them, with dated examples]

Signed: ......................................    Date: ......................