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John Fielding,
CEO
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This is also the time to consider a durable power of attorney for financial affairs and a health care proxy or living will regarding medical care.
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care: The legal document that names your health care proxy.
A durable power of attorney for healthcare has received a lot of publicity recently, e.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Durable Power of Attorney - A written document by which a person (the principal) appoints another as his or her agent with authority to act in his or her behalf for the purposes designated in the document.
Texas also has a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care law that permits you to appoint an agent specifically authorized to make medical treatment decisions on you behalf.
Durable Power of Attorneys for Health Care Advanced Health Care Directives are governed by individual state legislatures.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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The durable power of attorney for health care can do for you everything that a living will can do, and may include a statement of your wishes on the subject of life sustaining treatment.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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The witnesses shall affirm that the principal appeared to be of sound mind and free from duress at the time the durable power of attorney for health care was signed and that the principal affirmed that he or she was aware of the nature of the documents and signed it freely and voluntarily.
Did I sign a Durable Power of Attorney that allows my agent to amend my trust if I am incompetent?
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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A durable power of attorney for health care is a signed, dated and witnessed document naming your authorized spokespersons to make medical decisions for you if you become unable to make them.
Durable indicates that the power of attorney document continues to be in effect even though the person who granted the power of attorney may be incapacitated and unable to make decisions for themselves.
Recent changes to the Florida Probate Code now allow a durable power of attorney to state that the document becomes effective only if and when the principal becomes incapacitated.
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