Incapacity Planning
Articles across the publication that deal with incapacity planning.
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Estate Planning & Elder Law
Funeral and Burial Instructions: Who Decides and How to Make It Binding
Every state has a ranked list of who controls funeral and burial decisions. If you do not want that list to apply to you, the way to change it is a signed document, not a conversation.
6 min readGuide -
Estate Planning & Elder Law
Powers of Attorney: Scope, Revocation, and Third-Party Refusal to Accept
A power of attorney is only as useful as the institutions that accept it. This is what the document can authorize, how it ends, and what to do when a bank says no.
7 min readGuide -
Estate Planning & Elder Law
POLST and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: How They Differ From a Living Will
Two documents look similar and behave nothing alike. One is a medical order a paramedic can follow immediately; the other is a legal directive that only matters once you cannot speak.
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Estate Planning & Elder Law
Guardianship of an Adult: Alternatives, Process, and Ongoing Duties
Guardianship transfers decision-making from one adult to another by court order. Modern statutes treat it as a last resort, and the alternatives are the first thing a judge asks about.
7 min readExplainer
