This is probably one of the single most important parts of everyone’s estate plan that really isn’t given quite the attention that it should. A Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care Decisions is just the legal authorization by you, the “principle”, for another person, known as the “agent”, to make decisions regarding your health and medical care when you’re no longer able to provide informed consent. Read Transcript

Doing changes in your estate plan on your own, like removing or adding names will not work and may even result in the revocation of the entire document! Other possible issues include oral promises that were not included in the plan or keeping the location of your estate plan a secret. Read Transcript