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Manage money and pay bills for an adult who receives regular government benefit payments and wants help with managing their money.
Some adults who receive government payments have difficulties managing their money and remembering to pay their bills. Informal trusteeship is a no-cost way for someone – an informal trustee – to manage the adult’s benefits.
An informal trustee may be helpful for adults who:
An informal trustee:
Informal trustees cannot manage any of the client’s assets other than the benefit. Examples of things an informal trustee cannot do are:
Depending on the adult’s situation, you may need to consider other options, such as:
This depends on the government department that issues the monthly benefit. In general, they require that an informal trustee:
The adult who wants an informal trustee must be receiving a regular monthly payment – from a government department that has an informal trustee program – such as the following:
You must contact the government department that issues the adult’s payments to name an informal trustee. The department will tell you:
Contact the government department that issues the monthly benefit. The department will:
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