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Tips for Creating a Living Will
- A catastrophic injury resulting from a car accident or construction accident
- A sudden illness, such as an aneurysm or severe stroke
- A mental disorder such as Alzheimer's or dementia
- A fatal condition such as cancer
- Complications from surgery
- Childbirth complications
- A coma
Creating a living will with the help of an experienced New Jersey estate planning lawyer is a good way to avoid a situation such as the family dispute over Terry Schiavo, a Florida woman who lived for a number of years in a vegetative state. Her husband was pitted against her parents in a battle over how to determine what she would have wished for herself. Because she did not create a living will while she was healthy, a costly and stressful legal battle ensued.
It's Never Too Soon to Contact a New Jersey Estate Planning Lawyer
Obviously, creating a living will is not only for "old people." Anyone who wants to have a say in what type of medical care should be given at a time of incapacitation should prepare an advance medical directive, or living will and notify next of kin of where it is.
Scura, Wigfield, Heyer & Stevens, LLP, is a well-respected, long-established, full-service New Jersey law firm offering estate planning services along with many other legal services. Schedule a consultation with a New Jersey attorney by contacting the law firm. We have New Jersey offices in Wayne, Newark, Hackensack and Hoboken for your convenience.
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