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In the Days of Covid, maybe some family members need to identify other family members as having medical power of attorney.I agree with those who warn those ill with Covid to try to stay out of the hospital (e.g., Dr. Zelenko). The CDC's protocol drives treatment, often over the objections of family members.In a recent video, Kate Dalley recounted her and her husband's personal decisions to decline a ventilator and instead insist on specific treatments recommended by Amercia's Frontline Doctors when her husband became ill.I'll post the FR thread to Kate Dalley's story below, not as a recommendation that all...

Interest in living wills - the documents that let people specify what medical measures they want or do not want at the end of life - has surged in the aftermath of the fierce nationwide battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo, lawyers and other experts on all sides of the issue say. While interest peaked around the time of Ms. Schiavo's death on March 31, it is still strong, these experts say. Many people are filling out the forms for the first time. Others are taking a new look at forms they filled out some time ago. Most living...

If there is anything positive that can result from the avalanche of media attention on the case of Terri Schiavo, perhaps it's that more people will become educated on the importance of Advanced Directives. There are several types of Advanced Directives that can be constructed. Living Will A living will only comes into effect when you are terminally ill. Being terminally ill generally means that you have less than six months to live. In a living will, you can describe the kind of treatment you want in certain situations. A living will doesn't let you select someone to make decisions...

PALMDALE - When Leo Plascencia found out he was going to Iraq, the Marine from Palmdale gave his sister access to his bank account. With his power of attorney, Sheila Sandoval was trusted to pay any bills that came for Plascencia while he was in the Middle East. When the 22-year-old Marine returned home from duty, more than $5,000 was missing from his bank account. Sandoval told him she lent the money to her ex-boyfriend, Erick Jimenez, who said his father was sick. A check allegedly written by Jimenez for $4,610 was returned by the bank for insufficient funds. The...

I have what I beleive to be a simple question for our wonderful legal eagles in FReeperland.Over a year ago my husband's grandmother passed away and left her home to my husband. He knew he would be getting the house,(she used a quit-claim as the vehicle to transfer the house to him) but wasn't aware of any will or the distribution of the rest of her assets. Finally, after a year of evasion, his aunt produced a will. There was one major surprise: My husband is named in the will as the executor. This is the first he knew of...