Living wills vary from state to state, so they are best drawn up with a lawyer. However, by filling out this document, naming and executor, and getting two or three witnesses, you can be covered in the meantime.

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What Is It?
A living will is a document designating what important health-care decisions can be made on your behalf should you be unable to make them yourself.

Consider Your Options
Before putting everything in writing, answer these important questions:

1. Do you want your organs donated?
2. If necessary, would you like to be resuscitated?
3. Do you want to be kept alive by life support?
4. Do you want all pain alleviated, even if it hastens death?
5. Would you like to be fed/hydrated through a tube?

Name The Executor
Determine who you want to be the executor of this will (the person who will make all of your health decisions if you are unable.)

Executor __________________________
Relationship to you __________________________
Phone number __________________________
Address __________________________
__________________________
Email __________________________

Get A Witness

Name __________________________
Date __________________________

Store Your Will
Give a copy of this file to your executor and witnesses. Keep copies in a safe place (computer desktop, file of important things) so they can be found easily. Make sure someone responsible and trustworthy knows where you’ve stored your important documents.

Make It Official
Don’t forget to call an estate lawyer to draft an official living will that can’t be disputed (this version might not hold up 100 percent if it were challenged). But with this version, your time with the lawyer will be much faster (think: low hourly fee)

-- The Nest Editors

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