Power of Attorney Legal Questions and Answers
How Many Witnesses Are Required for a Health Care Power of Attorney in Indiana?
Can the health care power of attorney be valid with just one witness (non notary) in Indiana?
04/19/2010 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: Texas | #21841What Forms Does a Terminally Ill Person Need?
My Mother has cancer and the worst has come her Doctor has told her and our Family there is nothing that can be done now. So we took her home to pass away. Mother told me she wants me to live in her home and her also told my brother her request, also she told me other another request that she did not tell my brother. She was other Children and grandchildren that I know that w...
03/01/2010 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: California | #21214How Do I Revoke a Living Will?
How does one revoke/cancel a DPA signed with witnesses related by blood/marriage to the declarant? Mom is in TX with sister who had her daughter & son-in-law sign as witnesses (2008dpa). Mom's previous DPA (2006) was correctly witnessed/notarized. Mom has been in ICU since 1/15 and sister is not honoring her advance directive wishes (no extraordinary care...) Please help me ...
02/09/2010 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: Texas | #20871Can an Advance Health Care Directive Require the Surrogate to Consult With Others?
In NJ, the principal (declarent) may direct the health care representative to consult with specified individuals including alternate designees, family members and friends in the course of the decision making process. Does this work under Florida law?
12/22/2009 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: New Jersey | #20159How Do I Revoke a Living Will Created by the Housing Authority in New York?
My mother lives in NYCHA and they placed a health care proxy on her illegally--how can she have it removed? She did not know they had done this to her and can I, her daughter, become POA for her?
10/13/2009 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: California | #19089What Form Does a Doctor Use to State Incapacity of A Person?
My mother has Alzhiemers and was unable to have contaract surgery due to her inability to remember what she was to have done. She does have a durable POA w/ healthcare provisions prepared by a lawyer and signed by my mother. In that document it requires a her primary physician to write an affidavit that she has been personally been examined and that she is unable to manage her ...
08/28/2009 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: Florida | #18307How do we care for an aunt who has dementia and will not sign a Power of Attorney?
My 83 year old aunt has dementia and will not let anyone in her house but my sister. She refuses to take her medication and will not let anyone have power of attorney. We (family) are worried something will happen to her requiring hospital or nursing care. She has enough funds to pay for assisted living. My 2 sisters and I are her only relatives. How do we handle something like...
02/28/2009 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: New York | #15396How can I find out if my brother has Medical Power of Attorney over my mother?
How can I find out if my brother has Medical Power of Attorney over my mother?
01/05/2009 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: Colorado | #14919Will a husband's wishes be followed over the adult children with the medical power of attorney?
If a women is married and she gives her medical power of attorney to her biological children, when it comes down to making life saving and treatment decisions, will the husband's wishes be followed over her adult children with the medical power of attorney?
02/09/2007 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: Mississippi | #617How does someone revoke their wish to be an organ donor?
Sue made a decision to give an anatomical gift at her death, but she has recently changed her mind. How does someone revoke a decision to be an organ donor?
01/05/2007 | Category: Power of Att... » Advanced Hea... | State: Alabama | #153