Estate Planning in Jacksonville
Essential Lifetime Documents for Florida Estate Planning
When estate planning, in addition to a trust or will to administer your estate upon death, every person should consider completing these following legal documents to guarantee that your affairs are handled properly during your lifetime.
- Durable Power of Attorney (for financial matters)
- Designation of Health Care Surrogate
- Living Will
- Declaration of Preneed Guardian
Durable Power of Attorney
This document appoints another individual, known as your attorney-in-fact, to make business, financial and legal decisions for you in the event you are incapacitated or otherwise unable to act. A Durable Power of Attorney can reduce or eliminate the need and cost incurred to secure a court-appointed guardian to manage your affairs in the event you should become permanently or temporarily incapacitated.
Designation of Health Care Surrogate
This document enables you to appoint another individual known as your health care surrogate, to make medical decisions for you in the event you are incapacitated or otherwise unable to consent to medical treatment.
Living Will
This document is essential for anyone who takes estate planning in Jacksonville seriously. It provides a health care surrogate for you, as well as health care binding instructions concerning the circumstances in which life-prolonging medical procedures which provide no curative benefit may be withheld or withdrawn.
Declaration of Preneed Guardian
This document enables you to appoint who will serve as your guardian in the unlikely event your affairs cannot be properly administered by your attorney-in-fact and health care surrogate.
Contact Todd Watson of the Jacksonville estate planning law firm to further discuss the significance of each of these important legal documents, and how to tailor them to fit your personal needs.
Copyright © 2011 LexisNexis. All rights reserved.