Living Wills

At The Law Office of Kevin R. Hancock, we understand that planning for end-of-life decisions through a Living Will—also known as an Advance Directive or End of Life Directive—ca...

Understanding the functions and limitations of a Will, the most fundamental document of any estate plan, is paramount to starting the estate planning process.  A Will is the ins...

After all the choices you have to make in setting up your Living Will, you then have a choice whether to allow your agents under your medical power of attorney to have the autho...

As part of the decision to allow resuscitative measures, the Living Will includes a provision to allow maximum pain relief – even if it may hasten death.   For some cl...

Once you have considered all the options and determined whether and when to remove life support and artificial nutrition and hydration, you then have to consider whether to allo...

After you have decided whether and when to remove life support when setting up a Living Will (a.k.a. the Advance Directive, End of Life Directive), the next question is whether ...