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POWER OF ATTORNEY and PERSONAL DIRECTIVE
Legally protect your financial and medical interests while still alive, yet incapable of acting for yourself due to personal incapacity.
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Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives are essential legal documents to establish the legal guidelines and directions for those persons empowered to assume responsibility when you are incapacitated or otherwise incapable of making decisions for yourself. Whereas, one's Last Will & Testament comes into effect when you are dead, when life circumstances render you incapable of making legitimate decisions for yourself, yet you are still alive and breathing, such that it is important that the appropriate legal documentation is already in place, legally executed, and providing the appropriate directions and guidelines for those charged with following through in protecting and advancing that your stated intentions, with a financial power of attorney (a.k.a. enduring power of attorney) and healthcare personal directive (a.k.a. medical power of attorney).
Financial / Property Power of Attorney
When you or your loved ones are incapacitated or otherwise unable to make important financial decisions, simply having a will has limited benefit, as a person who is alive gains no benefit from a document that only takes effect upon one's death. As such, when you become incapacitated, yet continue to be alive, you need a legal document that empowers someone that you've pre-selected to step in to handle your financial and property matters, namely a Power of Attorney. Powers of attorney are an essential vehicle for providing control and direction to one's finances and property when an individual is incapacitated. It sets forth that individual's directions as to who should take charge of their finances and property, and how it is to be applied to satisfy the individual's desires and wishes. It is an essential control directive, that needs to be done correctly with an experienced lawyer capable of putting your intentions on paper [more on Powers of Attorney].
Health / Medical Personal Directive
When you or your loved ones are afflicted by serious medical and health conditions that renders the afflicted individual incapable of making their own decisions, how do you intend to insure that their requests and wishes are honoured. That is the purpose of a medical power of attorney, a legal document that establishes what your medical requests and requirements, together with identifying which individuals are empowered to carry out those decisions and making additional decisions in line with your stated desires.
A medical power of attorney is a very important legal document, not only for your medical well-being, but also for your personal peace of mind. A well drafted power of attorney, which is premised on asking you serious and important questions, can make a substantial difference in how your expectations and wishes are respected, something that you can ill-afford to be without [more on Personal Directives].
Our law firm can help you plan for the future or deal with the legal demands associated with powers of attorney and personal directives, for finances and health. Contact our law firm today at 403-400-4092 or via email at Chris@NeufeldLegal.com to schedule a confidential initial consultation.
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