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<\/a>Estate planning<\/a>\u00a0is often viewed as an important step to ensure your loved ones are taken care of after your death. However, it’s critical that steps are taken to ensure that you are taken care of before death. Health care directives fill this need. In Michigan, an advanced health care directive can come in two forms, a durable power of attorney for health care and a living will. What is the difference between these documents and which one do you need?<\/p>\nA Durable Power of Attorney<\/strong><\/h1>\nDurable Power of Attorney (DPoA) for health care is a legally binding document that appoints another individual over your health care decisions when it is determined that you can not make these decisions for yourself. Note that the DPoA for health care applies only to health care decisions. Many often think of someone’s power of attorney as a person designated to make financial and legal decisions. While you (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Estate planning\u00a0is often viewed as an important step to ensure your loved ones are taken care of after your death. However, it’s critical that steps are taken to ensure that you are taken care of before death. Health care directives…<\/span><\/p>\n
Estate planning\u00a0is often viewed as an important step to ensure your loved ones are taken care of after your death. However, it’s critical that steps are taken to ensure that you are taken care of before death. Health care directives…<\/span><\/p>\n