The Duties of a Health Care Agent in California: What You Need to Know In California, the responsibilities of a health care agent are primarily defined by state law. Acting as a health care agent is a significant responsibility that involves making health care decisions on behalf of another person,…
Why Creating an Advance Health Care Directive is the Ultimate Act of Love Imagine this: you’re sitting in your favorite chair, sipping tea, and thinking about the future. Not the big things like the next family vacation or your career goals, but the quieter, more delicate parts of life—your health,…
Legal Documents Every College-Age Student Needs As a parent, you lose the ability to make decisions on your child’s behalf when he or she turns 18. You no longer have the right to make medical decisions or speak with their doctors. If you would still like to have the ability…
It’s helpful if you can let your doctors know in advance what you want to happen if you can’t speak for yourself. An Advance Health Care Directive lays out who you want to speak for you and what kind of treatments you want. In this way, you are prepared before health care decisions need to be made.
As an estate planning attorney, I am often asked by clients where their original estate planning documents should be kept. Estate planning documents can include your original will, power of attorney, trust, or advance health care directive.
