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Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives
Documents that say who can act for you, financially and medically, if you cannot act for yourself. Prepared for clients across Bergen County and New Jersey.
The documents that matter while you are living
A will takes effect at death. A power of attorney takes effect during life, and it is the document families most often wish they had. Without one, reaching a bank account, paying a mortgage or making a medical decision for a parent or spouse can require a court appointment.
Liva Law prepares durable financial powers of attorney, health care proxies and advance directives for New Jersey clients, with attention to the practical question of whether the institutions involved will actually honor them.
For business owners there is a second layer. If you are the only signatory on company accounts or the only manager under the operating agreement, the personal documents are not enough. That gap is worth closing while it is still a planning matter.
CAPABILITIES
What This Covers
Durable financial power of attorney
Limited and springing powers of attorney
Health care proxy and medical power of attorney
Advance directive and living will
HIPAA authorizations
Agent and successor agent selection
Business signature authority and manager succession
Review and replacement of outdated documents
Financial power of attorney
A durable document naming an agent to handle banking, property, taxes and benefits, drafted with the specific powers institutions expect to see stated.
Health care decisions
A health care proxy and advance directive recording who decides and what you want, so the choice does not fall to whoever happens to be present.
Choosing an agent
Practical guidance on naming a primary and successor agent, and on splitting financial and medical authority when that is the better arrangement.
Do You Have These Documents?
If they are more than a few years old, or you do not have them at all, it is worth a conversation.
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