Advance Directives

Designations of Health Care Surrogate - A document designating an individual to make healthcare decisions for another if they are permanently or temporarily unable. Used together with a Durable Power of Attorney, this document can be used to avoid guardianship.

Durable Power of Attorneys - A document designating an individual to manage the assets for another if they are permanently or temporarily unable. Used together with a Designation of Health Care Surrogate, this document can be used to avoid guardianship.

Designation of Pre-need Guardian - This document allows either parents or individuals to identify who they would wish to be guardians for their children or themselves should one become necessary. For parents, this is a stronger declaration than just stating their preference in a will.

Living Wills - This document expresses an individual's desire should they have a terminal condition with no reasonable medical probability of recovery, as to which treatments are to be given or withheld.