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Even Consumer Reports suggests working with an experienced estate planning attorney to make sure documents are correctly prepared.
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Even Consumer Reports suggests working with an experienced estate planning attorney to make sure documents are correctly prepared.
Does a person need a Power of Attorney document if that person already has a Last Will and Testament (‘Will’)? It is a critical piece of the planning puzzle.
Q: Is there a difference between a ‘living will’ and a ‘do not resuscitate’ order?
These agents take over your affairs in specific areas, if you become physically or mentally incapacitated.
An unmarried couple needs to create an appropriate estate plan. If they truly want inheritance rights, they need to execute testamentary documents, such as wills.
To make sure you have your own decision-makers prepared to speak for your medical decisions if you can’t, because you didn’t get your vaccine for Covid-19, or some other tragedy, please see an estate planning attorney and get your living will and advanced directive in place.
“Don’t panic” has been a common refrain from government leaders, public health professionals, and across social media from well-meaning people trying to keep everyone calm during the coronavirus pandemic.
You know that you can always refuse life-sustaining medical treatment. The tricky part comes when you are no longer able to understand your options or communicate your wishes to the health care professionals.
Estate planning is a systematic process, which involves getting your personal and financial goals for the time you pass away or become mentally incapacitated. It is also known as a last will, and almost everyone does this planning for their family.
The fact is people’s names often change. People get married and divorced, or sometimes they just legally change their names.