What Other Documents Do I Need?
Besides a Will, a person should have: Statutory Power of Attorney, Medical Power of Attorney, HIPAA Release and Directive to Physicians.
Statutory Power of Attorney – A Statutory Power of Attorney provides for the appointment of an agent to manage a person’s affairs if he or she becomes incapacitated. The person can elect for the agent to have only limited powers or can elect for the agent to act in an almost unlimited capacity. Examples of the powers conveyed are business transaction, banking transactions, real estate transactions, and tax matters.
Medical Power of Attorney – A medical Power of Attorney provides for the appointment of an agent to make a person’s health care decisions should the person become incapacitated. Any person appointed under the Statutory Power of Attorney or a Medical Power of Attorney should be someone you trust implicitly.
HIPAA Release – The HIPAA Release allows the agent appointed in the Medical Power of Attorney, and anyone else a person chooses, to have access to protected health information.
Directive to Physicians – If a person is suffering from a terminal or irreversible condition, the Directive to Physicians allows the person to elect whether he or she wants to be kept alive using any life sustaining treatments, or for treatments to be discontinued or withheld.
These documents, with a Will, are included in the Will Package offered by McNamara Law Office, PLLC. Contact us if you would like additional information related to our Will Packages.