Do-It-Yourself
Living Will Kit
-With the use of this kit, decisions can
be made NOW regarding your medical and financial situation should you
become incapacitated LATER. This kit includes Living Will forms and
Durable Power of Attorney forms for both health care and financial
care, along with complete instructions for their use. Don't let anyone
decide when life ends for you!
What
Does This Kit Contain?
This kit contains all the legal documents
you need to successfully prepare a legally binding living will and
durable power of attorney for both financial and health care. All the
forms are in a fill-in-the-blank format. Also included are
instructions explaining how to prepare the forms and then what to do
with them when finished.
Living
Will & Durable Power Of Attorney
What would you do if you were involved in a
serious accident or had an illness such as Alzheimer's Disease? With a
living will and durable power of attorney, you can prepare now should
you be incapacitated later. All medical and financial decisions will
be made ahead of time.
Without a living will, it's quite possible the state, and not the
dying person's family, will decide whether life support systems will
be used or not. In many cases, the state decides against the family
wishes because of the fear of a possible lawsuit.
What
Is A Living Will And Durable Power Of Attorney?
A living will is a legal document
which is prepared when a person is mentally competent which will
dictate a person's wish not to be kept alive on life support machines
after they may become brain dead in a serious accident or from an
illness.
A durable power of attorney is a legal document which authorizes one
person to act on behalf of the individual granting the durable power
of attorney to make financial and/or medical decisions on the
individual's behalf should the individual become incapacitated.
"Durable" means the power of attorney survives if the
individual preparing it becomes incapacitated. If no durable power of
attorney is prepared and the individual becomes incapacitated, the
court will appoint a guardian or conservator to make the decisions.
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