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Power of Attorney

How can my financial affairs be handled if I become incapacitated?

One way is to appoint someone now to act as your agent to handle your financial affairs in case you become incapacitated. We can draft a Durable Power of Attorney in which you can name someone you trust to handle your finances. It is called a "durable" power because it will survive your incapacity and permit the person you name as your agent to act on your behalf.

When does a Durable Power of Attorney become effective?

Usually it is effective immediately upon it being signed. So the person you name as your agent can act on your behalf before and after your becoming incapacitated.

What if I only want to authorize power of attorney after my incapacitation?

Then we can draft a Springing Durable Power of Attorney. This way your agent will only be able to act on your behalf if you ever become incapacitated.

We offer two different documents for health care decisions:

1) Living Will (also known as a Health Care Directive)

A Living Will is used to assist in end of life choices. It is in the Living Will that you will have the opportunity to decline the use of artificial means to prolong your life.

Here is the list of questions that you will be asked to answer if we prepare a Living Will for you:

If you have a terminal condition do you want your life to be prolonged?
Do you want life-sustaining treatment beyond comfort care that would serve only to artificially delay the moment of your death?
If you are in a terminal condition or an irreversible coma or a persistent vegetative state that your doctors reasonably feel to be irreversible or incurable, do you want the medical treatment necessary to provide care that would keep you comfortable?
Do you want cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
Do you want artificial breathing?
Do you want artificially administered food and fluids?
Do you want to be taken to a hospital if at all avoidable?
Do you want the use of all medical care necessary to treat your condition until your doctors reasonably conclude that your condition is terminal or is irreversible and incurable or you are in a persistent vegetative state?
Do you want your life prolonged to the greatest extent possible?
Who will hold your Health Care POA (Agent)?
Who will be the alternate?
Do you authorize your Agent or alternate Agent (if applicable) to receive health information and medical records when determining your incapacity?
Do you have separate documents that provide additional special provisions or limitations to this document to be honored in the absence of your being able to give health care directions?

2) Health Care Power of Attorney

In this document you will appoint someone to make sure that the choices you make in the Living Will are honored and to make any other health care choice on your behalf if you are incapacitated. Here is a list of questions that you will be asked to answer if we prepare a Health Care Power of Attorney for you.

What is the name of your Agent?
What is the name of an alternate Agent?
Do you have a living will?
Do you have a prehospital medical care directive?
Do you consent to an autopsy?
Do you give your Agent permission to consent or refuse an autopsy?
Do you wish to make an organ or tissue donation?
Do you want your Agent or family members to make an organ or tissue donation for you?
Do you have a signed written agreement or donor card?
What is the name of the person or institution that the donor card is listed with?
Do you wish to donate ANY needed organs or parts?
Do you wish to donate specific organs or parts?
Do you wish to donate organs for any legally authorized purpose?
Do you wish to donate organs for transplant or therapeutic purposes only?

Do your Power of Attorney documents include a HIPAA release?

Yes, HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It is a body of rules and regulations enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. Some of these regulations deal with the issues of your privacy and the confidentiality of your records. Our Power of Attorney documents will authorize the person you name as your agent to have access to your files based upon the HIPAA rules and regulations. Most of our clients desire this provision however, if for any reason you do not want it included in your documents then it can be deleted.