Episode 46: Demystifying End of Life Planning Documents

About this episode

This episode explains four important end of life planning documents and their purposes.

Do you have your documents in order to allow for a trusted person to make decisions about your health care and property if you become incapacitated? This episode walks through four important kinds of documents and explains what each does: (1) power of attorney; (2) health care power of attorney; (3) advance directive or living will; and (4) funeral planning declaration. Whether you have an estate planning attorney or you are DIY-ing, this is an episode that will give you a great baseline understanding of these vitally important documents! Check out the Death, et seq. Substack for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tanya D. Marsh

Topics covered

• end of life planning
• health care decisions
• legal documents
• power of attorney
• funeral planning

Keywords

• power of attorney
• health care power of attorney
• advance directive
• living will
• funeral planning declaration

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