Power of Attorney / Health Care Proxy / Advance Directives
Power of Attorney / Health Care Proxy / Advance Directives
Serving Clients in New York City and the New York Metropolitan Area
Power of Attorney
When you sign a Power of Attorney, you appoint a person known as your “agent”, whom you trust to handle your legal and financial affairs should you become incapacitated. New York has a standard form, which should be used in order to ensure New York financial institutions will accept it. This form contains important powers necessary for making lifetime gifts, as well as implementing tax and Medicaid planning, and includes sanctions if a New York bank fails to accept the form. We recommend using the New York State-approved Power of Attorney form.
Health Care Proxy
A Health Care Agent will be able to make any and all medical decisions on your behalf if and when you are unable to make decisions on your own. The agent is appointed using the NY State Health Care Proxy form. This can include a range of decisions, from routine health care options to end-of-life choices, as well as the ability to make decisions concerning artificial nutrition and hydration when this power is included in the form.
Advance Directives
Advance Directives are a set of legal documents that allows a person to state their wishes for financial and medical assistance in the event they are unable to make decisions for themselves.
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