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Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney - Pennsylvania

Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney -- a document which allows a person (the declarant), while healthy, to provide instructions regarding what healthcare he or she wishes to receive in situations of a coma or other critical medical condition where the person cannot communicate or be of sound mind. This document will also identify the person who will carry out these instructions (the attorney-in-fact). In some states, this document is referred to as an Advance Directive.

Durable Power of Attorney for Finances

A Power of Attorney is a legal document where one party (the Principal) authorizes another party (the Agent or the Attorney-in-fact) to act on his or her behalf during an absence. This authority can specifically include or exclude several areas of interest, including matters of physical property, real estate, banking, insurance, tax matters, etc.

Traditionally, this authority ends when you become medically incapacitated. However, you have the option to make the Power of Attorney (1) "Durable" which means it will remain effective from the time of signing the document and if you become medically incapacitated; or (2) "Springing" which means it will only be effective upon you becoming medically incapacitated.