Living Will

You know you should prepare for certain health and medical contingencies such as incapacitation or terminal illness and make it clear whether you want resuscitation or not. But it’s hard to sort through all the confusing medical terms and legal jargon. One particular area of confusion is that surrounding a living will vs. advance directive. Broadly speaking, an advance directive…Read More

The right time to get a living will is well, right now. Many experts recommend that even if you are only in you late teens or early twenties, you should still have a living will. It's not something we like to think about while we're still fairly young, but catastrophic accidents and incapacitating illnesses do happen. So the best time…Read More

Becoming more common in the last few years, an advance medical directive – as well as a living will, which is a species of the directive – delineates your wishes primarily concerning medical care in the case of a terminal condition or severe incapacitation. The purpose is to clearly indicate what you want before you are unable to make decisions…Read More

The primary benefit of estate planning – and a will in particular, especially a living will – is the peace of mind that comes with knowing your wishes will be honored and carried according to your stated instructions. You can usually be confident that your loved ones will be taken care of and your heirs will receive what they are…Read More

Living wills are far more common today than they were just a few years ago. If you've traveled very far at all into adulthood, someone at some point has surely said to you: "You NEED to have a living will." But do you really know the purpose of a living will? What is a Living Will In the broadest terms,…Read More