Make Your Own Medical & Financial Power of Attorney - Estate Planning Series (US) - E-book - ePub

Quickly & Easily Make a Power of Attorney..and Protect Your Loved Ones. A power of attorney allows you appoint someone you trust to make financial, legal, and other business decisions on your behalf. It can be stated to be "ordinary" or "durable". Ordinary powers of attorney automatically come to an end if you become incapacitated. By contrast, your agent's authority under a durable power of attorney will not come to an end, and may in fact only commence, if you become incapacitated.
A power of attorney can therefore be an important tool in managing your affairs during any period of incapacity. A healthcare power of attorney & living will enables you to appoint someone to make medical decisions on your behalf if you become unconscious, mentally incompetent, or otherwise unable to communicate decisions yourself. It also enables you to specify your wishes regarding the receipt of life sustaining medical treatments if you are permanently unconscious or suffering from a terminal illness and unable to communicate your wishes.
Your physicians are ordinarily obliged to follow these instructions. This book will teach you all you need to know about making powers of attorney and living wills. It will: ? Explain what powers of attorney and living wills are and how they work ? Introduce you to the different types of powers of attorney ? Identify the pros and cons of using powers of attorney and living wills ? Explain why you really need to have these documents ? Explore the relationship between the principal and agent, and the scope of your agent's authority to make decisions on your behalf ? Take you step-by-step through the process of making your documents This power of attorney book has been prepared by expert estate planning lawyers with decades of experience, and provides you with step-by-step instructions, detailed information and all the forms necessary to prepare the following types of downloadable power of attorney forms: ? Ordinary Powers of Attorney for Finance and Property ? Durable Powers of Attorney for Finance and Property ? Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare & Living Will ? Agent's Acceptance of Appointment (legally required in certain states) ? Notice of Revocation of a Power of Attorney This book enables you to: ? Appoint someone to manage your legal, financial and medical affairs before, during and after any period of incapacity ? Specify your preferences for receipt of medical treatment, including end of life medical treatment ? Preserve your estate during periods of incapacity ? Protect your family ? Avoid family disputes about decision making If you enjoyed "Make Your Own Medical & Financial Power of Attorney", PLEASE leave a review! What Reviewers Said About this Medical & Financial Power of Attorney book..... "Good PoA Resource""This is an excellent book for those who want to get their medical and financial affairs in order.....
There are forms included in the book that you can scan, but they can be downloaded from the [EstateBee] website too (and unlock code is provided in the book)..[EstateBee]'s line of self-help legal books are a great resource for those do-it-yourselfers who would rather not pay an arm and a leg for legal services." ????? Kort