April 16th is National Health Care Decisions Day. Health care decision making involves considerations about personal preferences, the role of other family members and physicians, finances, and religious beliefs. The legal profession is uniquely positioned to provide practical advice as well as customize legal documents that protect the following: ♦ the right to consent to…
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What is legal capacity, and what does it mean for you?
A person’s legal capacity has to do with wide ranges of ability and understanding when it comes to making decisions. Different levels of capacity satisfy different legal transactions and health care situations. Typically the lowest level of capacity is needed for making a will. The requirements for a will are that the person making the…
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I had my estate documents done some years ago and now I’m entering hospice.
The doctor says it will be a matter of weeks. Is there anything more I need to know or do? This week I had the privilege of saying goodbye to a dear client. As he faced his last days on earth we went over the plan he had carefully made some years ago and all…
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I had my estate documents done some years ago and now I’m entering hospice.
The doctor says it will be a matter of weeks. Is there anything more I need to know or do? This week I had the privilege of saying goodbye to a dear client. As he faced his last days on earth we went over the plan he had carefully made some years ago and all…
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