Florida Living Will Attorney
A living will is a document in which you inform any medical caregivers that you do not want artificial, life-prolonging techniques or procedures applied when you are in a terminal or end-state condition without hope of recovery. Although your health care surrogate can make all other decisions, he or she cannot order the withholding or removal of extraordinary measures such as feeding tubes or artificial respiration unless you have a Living Will or some other clear and convincing evidence that you would not want those means employed. Having a Living Will takes the emotional and legal burden away from your loved ones having to make those decisions.
It is important that this document is available in an emergency, so you should provide original copies to your health care surrogate, your alternate surrogate, and your regular doctor. This is also the perfect opportunity to confirm that your doctor will bide by your wishes. I also keep an original for myself and carry it on all trips, in the glove compartment of my car. Bear in mind, however, that revocation of either of these documents will require destroying and retrieving all the originals.
For More Information About Living Wills
Please contact estate-planning lawyer Rebecca M. Becker if you would like more information about a living will. We prepare Living Wills and other legal preventive maintenance documents for clients in Flagler and Volusia County in Florida, including Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, Deland, Deltona, Pierson, Palm Coast and Flagler Beach.
We look forward to an opportunity to work with you.
