How to Write Your Own Living Will

by Haman, Edward A.

• ISBN13: 9781570711671
• ISBN10: 1570711674
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Sphinx Pub

Summary

Publisher of America's #1 Small Business Series is now helping empower the average citizen in their personal and professional lives. The Legal Power! series aims to give you the tools you need to make proactive business and personal decisions, protect your assets, prevent painful contractual mistakes and defend yourself in an increasingly litigious society. Thorough, to-the-point and low-cost, these books make understanding your rights simple by explaining lawyer-babble in clear, plain English. Legal Power! books are: -- Specific in scope, offering indepth information on single topics rather than trying to be everything to everybody -- Practical for real-world use, containing forms, examples and case studies -- User-friendly in tone and design -- Simple, but not simplistic -- Inexpensively priced for the information-hungry consumer The ability of medical science to keep people alive almost indefinitely has made the "living will" essential for everyone. A "living will" is the only way that your doctors and families know your desires. With thorough instructions on all your concerns for yourself and your family, How to Write Your Own Living Will includes: -- Forms from all 50 states and the District of Columbia -- Official documents that are legally binding -- Step-by-step ways to prepare your own documents

Author Biography

Edward A. Haman received his law degree from the University of Toledo. He has practiced law in Florida, Michigan and Hawaii, and has served as a Michigan Circuit Court domestic relations hearing officer

Table of Contents

Using Self-Help Law Books	p. VII
Introduction	p. XI
Living Wills and Related Documents	p. 1
Living Wills
Living Will Choices
Basic Documents for Your Protection
Lawyers	p. 7
Selecting a Lawyer
Working with a Lawyer
The Law Concerning Living Wills	p. 13
The Law in Your State
Legal Research
Writing Your Living Will	p. 21
Living Will Choices
Living Wills and Specific Situations
Witnesses
Notarized Signatures
Using Your Living Will	p. 31
Living Wills and Emergency Medical Care
Other Health Care Forms	p. 35
Health Care Power of Attorney
Directives for Specific Medical Procedures
"Do Not Resuscitate" Orders
Revoking a Living Will
Statement of Desires
Glossary	p. 41
State Laws	p. 45
State Law Reference Guide	p. 83
Forms	p. 91
Index	p. 231
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