Question: Should people of all ages have a health care proxy and other medical documents? Response: Yes. Even though you’re less likely to become ill or especially demented when [...]
Question: Would successor trustee powers for financial and health management on incapacitation of primary trustee in a revocable trust obviate the need for a springing power of attorney when the [...]
Question: Who can I name to take care of my estate if my children and family are estranged from me and I don’t have any friends I would trust to handle things? What are my options here? [...]
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: Should my advance directive be part of my health care proxy or a separate document? Response: There can be a lot of confusion around health care directives and their various names, [...]
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 Connecticut. If she were to move [...]
When children with special needs reach age 18, their parents are no longer their legal guardians and conservators. They may find that all of the sudden doctors and other health care professionals [...]