1.  A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTHCARE AND HIPAA RELEASE

• Gives your agent authority to make healthcare decisions when you cannot make decisions for yourself

• Names the person that you desire to serve as your guardian, if needed

• Allows  you to decide whether life support will be continued in event death is imminent

• Allows you to limit the type of medical care that can be performed on you, such as organ donation, organ transplant

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2.  A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR FINANCES

• Allows you to decide who will make financial decisions for you

• You can limit the amount of authority to a specific time frame or specific act

• You can have the power go into effect immediately or come into effect in the future

• There can be problems getting financial institutions to accept them

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3.   A WILL

• Allows you to determine who will inherit your assets

• Not effective unless assets are titled correctly

• Requires assets to pass through probate

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4.   A REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST

• Allows you to determine who will inherit your assets

• Not effective unless assets are titled correctly

• Allows assets to avoid probate

• Avoids conservatorship/guardianship on assets held in trust

• To be effective assets must be titled in the name of the trust

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