There are two types of power of attorney; there's normal power of attorney, which you assign to someone else but instantly becomes null and void in the event of mental incapacity, and enduring power of attorney which you assign someone in advance for the event of incapacity which they then put into power when needed. I suffer from bipolar disorder and have problems dealing with paperwork and financial issues, so Diva helps me by being my representative and handling stressful phone calls. From time to time I experience crushing depression or go into a manic state where I would be termed mentally incapacitated, and that's what the EPA will be on standby for.

Funnily enough, now Dani is 12 going on 13 and her younger sister Kit is 10 going on 11, it's actually Kit who's the sensible one and Dani who's the utter airhead - to quote her dad, she "hasn't got the common sense God gave valley girls"! They've been raised to be smart kids though, and they're both in the Guides.