WHERE THERE IS A WILL….
One of the most important, and last, decisions you make regarding your life, your belongings, and your money is your Last Will and Testament. A Will is a legal document which declares your last wishes and how you wish your Estate and Property to be distributed after you are deceased. A Testament is your last wish as to how you wish your personal belongings to be devised. This action is in truth your last declaration made at your demise. A Will and Testament informs your loved ones what to do with any real estate that you may own, how to separate and give any personal property that you have such as clothing, jewelry, or furnishings. A Will and Testament can also include whomever you wish to receive anything that the law does not directly enable to inherit anything that you may wish.
Over the years the writing of wills have been done on many creative and strange ways, some of these include the backs of envelopes, restaurant place mats, and recipe books. The execution of wills sometimes cause surprise and make people take certain courses of legal action. Wills can also enact acts of kindness, appreciation, gratitude, and retribution.
The ability, or right, to devise property through a will is not an inherent right, but rather a privilege allowed by law. Every state garnishes its own statutes which sets forth precise rules, regulation, and instructions dealing with the disposition of property in one’s will. A testator may change or revoke their will at any time prior to their death. Due to the probate laws being so technical and that they differ so much between the states it is not recommended for someone to write their own will. Ordinary people, Laypeople, normally are not clear on the rules that govern ...
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...ild the parent must have a Will to state their wishes and directives.
Even Adults without minor children can benefit from having a Will. Having a will one can decide how to divide your own estate. Without a will those decisions and what your desires are is irrelevant. The State will decide how to divide your estate. Sometimes personal and occasionally precious items in an estate are sold at auction to liquidate your holdings.
Keeping a will up to date is just as important as the original draft. After a new marriage, the end of an unhappy marriage, or childbirth are all things that can have an affect on your will, even nullifying it or make it easily revocable. A will is ambulatory, meaning that it change be moved or changed at any time before death. With as easy as it is to draft and maintain a will there is no reason any adult should not have one of their own.
As we get older and delve into the real world, it is important to start thinking about end-of-life care and advance directives. Although it is something no one wants to imagine, there is an absolute necessity for living wills and a power of attorney. Learning about the Patient Self-Determination Act and the different legal basis in where you live is important because it will help people understand why advance care directives are so important. Although there are several barriers in implementing advance care directives, there are also several actions that healthcare professionals can take to overcome these obstacles. These are also important to know about, especially for someone going into the medical field.
Final Gifts, written by hospice care workers, Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelly, includes various stories detailing each of their life changing experiences that they encountered with their patients. Hospice care allows the patient to feel comfortable in their final days or months before they move on to their next life. This book contains the information considered necessary to understand and deal with the awareness, needs, and interactions of those who are dying. Not only are there stories told throughout the book, there are also tips for one to help cope with knowing someone is dying and how to make their death a peaceful experience for everyone involved. It is important that everyone involved is at as much peace as the person dying in the
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And who needs a living will? Essentially, a living will is a type of expression of independence. We are, after all, free to choose, in life and in death. The expression living will is sometimes utilized to refer to a file in which you compose down exactly what you want to take place if you become ill and can not interact your desires about treatment. It is quite common, for instance, for individuals to compose a living will saying that they do not wish to be kept alive on artificial life supports if they have no hope of healing. The term advance regulation is also often used to describe such a file. Some individuals likewise use the phrase proxy instruction to explain a file that integrates a Power of Lawyer and a living will.
Two examples of Advance Care Directives, which are living wills that allow a person to document end of life medical treatment, are the FiveWishes and MyDirectives in the United States. The FiveWishes directive is described as living with a heart and soul and follows five wishes. These wishes include: the person which will make decisions regarding the patient’s health when the patient is not able to, the kind of medical treatment wanted and not wanted, the level of comfortability of the patient, how the patient is treated, and the amount of information that the patient’s loved ones know. The MyDirec...
The theme death has always played a crucial role in literature. Death surrounds us and our everyday life, something that we must adapt and accept. Whether it's on television or newspaper, you'll probably hear about the death of an individual or even a group. Most people have their own ideas and attitude towards it, but many consider this to be a tragic event due to many reasons. For those who suffered greatly from despair, living their life miserably and hopelessly, it could actually be a relief to them. Death affects not only you, but also those around you, while some people may stay unaffected depending on how they perceive it.
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Consider the validity and effect of the following two clauses in the will of Dan: a) ‘I leave my cottage, at 42 Drumsesk Road, to my friend Gurpreet in full confidence that he will dispose of it in accordance with the instructions given to him during my lifetime’. Just before Dan signed the will, he told Gurpreet that he had left a ‘sum of money’ in the will to Gurpreet which he wanted him to hold for the benefit of Jenny. Gurpreet witnessed the will. Jenny died two days before Dan leaving two children. b) ‘I leave my residuary estate to my brothers Ken and Sam jointly’. A few days before the execution of the will Dan gave Ken a sealed envelope, saying ‘these are some instructions I want you and Sam to carry out when I die’. Ken replied ‘you know you can rely on me – if it’s fine with Sam it’s fine with me’. A year later Sam and Dan were killed in a car accident. The sealed envelope says that Dan wanted his residuary estate to pass to his youngest son Joseph. Advise the executors of Dan’s will.
While navigating the abundant and sometimes confusing legal language of advance directives can be time consuming, it would benefit every person to consider their end of life wishes and have some form of written statement available for their doctor and family to understand those wishes. Doing this in advance can prevent emotional anguish, suffering and expensive litigation. In the end, clearly and when possible, written, documentation of a medical directive, a living will, or a chosen health care power of attorney will lessen the burden for the medical professionals and family of a dying or incapacitated person.
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