Capacity law in the lake county
Mullingar's regional hospital and Athlone's scale make Westmeath a county where capacity questions often surface institutionally — a discharge meeting, a bank's regional office, a nursing home admission from Moate or Castlepollard. The family patterns span the midlands range: town families in Mullingar and Athlone with the standard urban questions (the frozen account, the house that funds care); the farming townlands around Delvin, Kilbeggan and Kinnegad where land and Fair Deal arithmetic interlock (farm succession with farmsolicitor.ie); and the lakes' retirement draw, which leaves some Westmeath households planning at a distance from their nearest family — the situation where early arrangements earn their keep most.
Westmeath capacity applications are heard at the Circuit Court sitting at Mullingar, with Athlone serving court business for the west of the county. The M4 puts Mullingar seventy minutes from our Dublin office; home and hospital visits are arranged as matters need.
Capacity law services
- Capacity applications in the Circuit Court
- Applying to be a decision-making representative
- Selling property where an owner lacks capacity
- Fair Deal and capacity
- Co-decision-making agreements and assistance agreements
- Which arrangement do we need? and the Pathway Finder
Getting to us — or us to you
Our Dublin office is in the Ormond Building, 31–36 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 (D07 EE37), minutes from the Four Courts; our south-east office is at 2 Rose Inn Street, Kilkenny (R95 W58D). One number reaches both: 01 5827148, or email richardoshea@marymolloysolicitors.com. Most capacity work travels by phone, post and email; where a matter needs it — particularly taking instructions where capacity is in question — home, hospital and nursing home visits can be arranged, along with out of hours appointments.
How our fees work
You get a fixed quote in writing before any work starts — no hourly-rate surprises. If the scope changes, the quote is revised in writing before we continue. In contentious business, a solicitor may not calculate fees or other charges as a percentage or proportion of any award or settlement. How costs work in capacity matters →