Question: Is there a HIPAA release form that is will work for any organization in the event I become incapacitated? I have created several for my local providers, but I would like something that [...]
Question: Is a MOLST appropriate for a healthy 65 year old to complete? Will COVID change that? A few years ago my PCP declined to complete a MOLST with me as I was “too healthy”? [...]
Question: For hospitals, do we need to bring only copies of our important things like driver’s license and medical insurance cards? Since coronavirus moves fast, how do we express no vents in a [...]
Question: How can you remove a person name from being a health care agent when they are a drug addicted and are suspected of having abused the person who made the appointment in her health care [...]
Question: I need an honest answer about how someone like me (an “elder orphan”) should structure my estate planning documents. I am totally alone in my mid-50’s—with no one to [...]
Question: Do I need to execute a new health care proxy if my named agents have moved since the document was signed in 2011? Response: No. The purpose of including addresses in legal documents is [...]
Question: How can I get my sister removed as my mom’s health care agent under her health care proxy? Response: That’s difficult because the presumption is that your mother chose who [...]
Question: If I spend my winters in Florida, should I have separate Florida estate planning documents? Response: As with many responses to legal questions, the answer is yes and no—one being the [...]
Question: My 97-year-old aunt has lived in Hartford, CT, for the past 40 years, now in an assisted living facility. Her will and trust documents were drawn up in CT. If she were to move to a [...]
