Health Care Directives and Living Wills
The attorneys at Jeddeloh Snyder Stommes has provided health care directives & living will legal counsel for over 40 years, becoming Central Minnesota’s most trusted elder law attorneys.
Living Wills and Health Care Directives – The Importance of Legally Binding Documents in Minnesota
Living Wills and Health Care Directives are essential legal documents that have been used for many years in Minnesota and around the country. A living will began as a document merely suggesting one’s wishes concerning end-of-life decisions. Doctors were in control when it came to making important end-of-life decisions. However, they would collaborate with the family, and they were ultimately the ones who decided which medical options would be best.
Health Care Directives – Why You Need One
Regardless of age, it would be best to have a legally binding healthcare directive in place. Serious accidents and brief illnesses can occur anytime, whether you are elderly or youthful. Unanticipated end-of-life decisions can be some of the most stressful times a family ever goes through, and it is essential to be as prepared as possible. Having a health care directive plan in place can not only be less stressful for your family but can be handled exactly the way you wish. In times of crisis, your family and caregivers must have the benefit of knowing exactly the way you would like the situation to be handled and making the appropriate decisions based on your wishes. An experienced, trusted, and compassionate estate planning attorney at Jeddeloh Snyder Stommes can make these difficult decisions easier for you, your family, and your caregivers by creating a living will.
Having a Health Care Directive is Important – Having an Estate Planning Attorney is Vital
Health Care Directives have become an essential part of the decision-making process in most medical and end-of-life decisions. Be sure your family is protected in these situations and know your wishes for end-of-life decisions. Then, you will have comfort and peace of mind knowing that medical decisions will be easy to make for your family when the time comes.Providing Legally Binding Health Care Directives – Let Us Help You With The Big Decisions
The Estate Planning Attorneys at Jeddeloh Snyder Stommes have the experience, knowledge, and expertise to provide you and your family with peace of mind in helping you create your health care directive. We are compassionate and trusted estate planning attorneys that understand how difficult it can be for families to have these types of conversations – we can help. With over 100 years of combined legal experience in estate planning, living wills, and health care directives, we understand that your family is unique. We want to help you and your family create a health care directive as unique as you are and help make end-of-life decisions as stress-free as possible. Whether you are setting up a will, guardianship, or a health care directive, you need an attorney who will help you with every step. We are one of the top law firms in St Cloud, Minnesota, specializing in Estate Planning and Elder Law. Our lawyers will make sure that you and your assets are protected.Request appointment with an attorney
Estate Planning & Elder Law - Cases We Handle
We can help with any of the following:
- Estate Plans
- Elder Law
- Conservatorship
- Guardianship
- Healthcare Directives
- Living Wills
- Probate of Estate
- Testate Estates
- Intestate Estates
- Special Needs Trusts
- Supplemental Needs Trusts
- Revocable Living Trusts
- Irrevocable Trusts
- Charitable Trusts
- Living Trusts
- Asset Protection
- Medicaid Laws
- Gifts to Minors
- Probate Litigation
- Power of Attorney
- Will Contests
- Family Business Succession Planning
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