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Guardianship, Conservatorship and the Law (Oceana's Legal Almanac Series Law for the Layperson)

Margaret C. Jasper

In general, guardianship is defined as a legal relationship between a capable adult-known as a "guardian"-and a "ward"-i.e., an individual who, by reason of infancy or legal disability, is unable to care for his or her own personal needs and/or manage his or her financial resources. State laws vary in their terminology. In some states, the person who manages the personal needs of the ward is known as a "guardian" whereas the person responsible for managing the ward's financial resources is known as a "conservator." In other states, the term "guardian" refers to the individual responsible for managing the needs and finances of a minor ward, and the term "conservator" refers to the individual responsible for managing the needs and finances of an adult ward.
Regardless of the terminology used, guardianships and conservatorships are established to protect a vulnerable person from abuse, neglect and exploitation, and to provide for their personal care and management of their property. This Guardianship, Conservatorship and the Law discusses the appointment of a guardian and a conservator, and their respective duties. The manner in which a court determines incapacity and termination of a guardianship or conservatorship is also examined. This almanac includes coverage of alternatives to guardianship, including advance directives, trust funds, Social Security representative payees, and adult protective services.
The Appendix provides applicable statutes, resource directories, and other pertinent information and data. The Glossary contains definitions of many of the terms used throughout the almanac.
How to Write Your Own Living Will

Edward A. Haman

Now that medical science can keep people alive almost indefinitely, frequently at an exorbitant cost, every person should consider having a living will. If you are in a life or death situation and are unable to communicate, your family could be forced to decide if they should continue or stop life support measures. This simple document could be the only way your family and doctors will know of your desires regarding your medical treatment. Without a living will, doctors and hospitals may feel compelled to give you useless medical treatment that you would not want, and your spouse or family members may become strapped with extensive and long-term medical bills. This book will show you how to write your own living will, without the expense of a lawyer. It covers all aspects of living wills, answering questions such as: What is a living will? Why does everyone need one? Do you need a lawyer to draft one? How is a living will used? How do you cancel a living will if you change your mind? Are there other basic legal forms everyone should have? In addition to explaining the law, this book also includes a reference guide to the laws and forms for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Using Self Help Law Books
Assisted Dying and Legal Change

Penney Lewis

The question of whether euthanasia and assisted suicide should be legalized is often treated, by judges and commentators, as a universal, ethical question, transcending national boundaries and diverse legal systems. By thinking of the issue in this way, the important context in which individual jurisdictions make decisions about assisted dying and the significance of the legal methods chosen to carry out those decisions is often lost.
This book examines the impact of the choice of diverse legal routes towards legalization on the subsequent assisted dying regimes in operation. This examination suggests that greater caution is needed before relying on the experience of one jurisdiction when discussing proposals for regulation of assisted dying in others. The book seeks to demonstrate the need to explore the legal environment in which assisted dying is performed or proposed in order to evaluate the relevance of a particular legal experience to other jurisdictions.
The book explores the unsuccessful attempts to use constitutionally entrenched human rights claims to challenge criminal prohibitions on assisted suicide which reached the highest courts in the United States, Canada and Europe. Their failure makes legalization through a rights-based claim unlikely in any major common law or European jurisdiction. Alternative routes towards legalization are then discussed, including the defense of necessity, by which euthanasia was effectively legalized in the Netherlands and an approach based on compassion which has been proposed in France, as well as the legislative approaches which have been taken in Oregon, Belgium and the Northern Territory of Australia. All of these approaches are compared in some detail, with particular attention paid to the effectiveness and transferability of the ubiquitous slippery slope arguments
The Alpha Living Will Kit-National Edition: Special Book Edition With Removable Forms (Non-Lawyer Series of Self-Help Legal Kits)

Kermit Burton

The complete do-it-yourself Living Will Kit with easily prepared Living Will Declarations and Medical Powers of Attorney for all 50 States which are drafted in accordance with the Laws of each State for the protection of the personal choices and property rights of a medically impaired person.
Colorado Living Will Kit (Bradford Legal Series)

Karen Brady

This kit provides the tools needed to create your own living will ("advance directives")--those documents that name someone to act on your behalf, state your wishes about medical or surgical treatment if you become terminally ill or incapacitated, and give your instructions about CPR and organ donations. These important directives allow you to have some control in determining future medical treatment and will give your family the comfort of knowing and honoring your wishes. CD-ROM includes PDF forms.
The Do-It Yourself Living Will

Michael J. Logue
Living Will Kit

Made E-Z Products

Only with a Living Will can you protect yourself and your loved ones from the anguish of a hopelessly and artificially extended life. And without a Healthcare Power of Attorney, who would be authorized to make important medical decisions for you if you were incapacitated?
With the E-Z Legal Living Will & Power of Attorney for Healthcare Kit you can quickly and conveniently issue your own health directives concerning those important decisions affecting your life!
Living Wills & Power of Attorney Healthcare: Do It Yourself

Living Wills&Powers of Attorney

With this guide readers will learn how to establish a living will, so they may decide what medical procedures are to be performed in the event of terminal illness. A living will allows you to name someone to make healthcare decisions for you in the event of incapacity. These decisions must be documented before you are terminally ill or otherwise unable to communicate.
Living Wills Made E-Z! (Made E-Z Guides)

Valerie H. Goldstein, E-Z Legal Forms Inc
Living Wills Made E-Z: Includes Power of Attorney for Healthcare (Made E-Z Guides)

Made E-Z Products

Ensure death with dignity, including state-specific Power of Attorney for Healthcare and Living Will forms. Confidently protect yourself before you are incapacitated.