by Keith Hajovsky | Jan 15, 2025 | General Estate Planning, Living Will, Medical Power of Attorney, Power of Attorney, Trusts, Wills
What is estate planning? First of all, almost everyone has an estate, because an estate is merely made up of everything a person owns – cars, real estate, checking accounts, investment accounts, furniture, clothes, etc. So, dear reader, you are pretty much guaranteed...
by Keith Hajovsky | Dec 4, 2024 | Living Will, Medical Power of Attorney
So what’s the difference between a living will and a medical power of attorney? Depending on how your medical power of attorney is written there can possibly be some overlap between the two. And this sometimes confuses people. But even if there is some overlap you...
by Keith Hajovsky | Nov 27, 2024 | Medical Power of Attorney
Choosing an agent for your medical power of attorney is another important decision you need to make in order to create a good estate plan for yourself. Whoever you choose will have the legal authority to make medical decisions for you if you were to become...
by Keith Hajovsky | Nov 13, 2024 | Medical Power of Attorney
If you don’t have a medical power of attorney, then someone who you would not have chosen might end up making medical decisions for you. The only situation where someone else could make medical decisions for you is when you are incapacitated. Incapacitated means you...
by Keith Hajovsky | Oct 23, 2024 | General Estate Planning, Medical Power of Attorney, Power of Attorney, Wills
Here are some things to think about in regards to your estate planning documents during a crisis. The most recent example of a crisis that affected all of us was in 2020 and 2021 when COVID was in the depths of causing physical harm and financial havoc around the...
by Keith Hajovsky | May 15, 2024 | General Estate Planning, Medical Power of Attorney
Do I need a medical power of attorney? A medical power of attorney is one of the five estate planning documents that everyone should have (the others being a will, power of attorney, living will and HIPAA authorization). Compared to a ‘regular’ power of...
