Premium Living Documents + Guardianship Package (Individual)
Legal DIY is a package of “a la carte” legal help that we have developed to serve our communities and bring greater access to certain estate planning services. This package includes:
- A toolkit of downloadable living documents (Advanced Directives, Medical Power of Attorney, and Durable Power of Attorney) for your use
A toolkit of downloadable guardianship documents (Appointment of Guardian and Parents Delegation of Powers) for your use
- An instructional guide
- A 15-minute Review Meeting with an attorney at the firm
- A Signing Meeting at our office with a notary and witnesses provided
What are Living Documents?
Advance Directive/Living Will
An Advance Directive covers the administration, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures when you have a terminal condition and are unconscious or otherwise incompetent. In this very limited set of circumstances, declarations you make in a properly executed Living Will as to artificial nutrition, artificial hydration, and the administration, removal, or refusal of life-sustaining procedures govern your treating physician's course of action.
Medical Power of Attorney
A Medical Power of Attorney allows you to name an agent who will make health care decisions for you when you are not able to do so. In the document, you can give specific instructions to your agent about various issues like surgery, medical treatment, or the need for nursing home care.
Financial Power of Attorney
A General Durable Power of Attorney is a method of giving another person (agent) the legal authority to manage some or all your financial affairs. The agent can do whatever the principal may do — withdraw funds from bank accounts, trade stock, pay bills, cash checks — except as limited in the power of attorney.
How does this work?
- Purchase documents: Add your preferred package to the cart and check out; you will be asked to read and acknowledge our Terms of Use before checking out
- Access your digital downloads: Once payment is submitted, you will be able to download the digital zip file.
- Complete the documents: In the file, we have included an instruction guide. Please read the guide CAREFULLY concerning the documents and their use and complete the documents as instructed
- Access your Client Portal: You will receive an invitation to create an account in our secure client portal. As part of this package, you will have lifetime access to this portal system.
- Schedule your Review meeting: In the client portal, you will be able to schedule a Review meeting with one of our attorneys. Please note: this meeting is only available virtually and is scheduled for 15 minutes.
- Upload your documents: Upon scheduling your Review meeting, you will be prompted to upload the documents into the portal system for our attorneys to review prior to the meeting.
- Have your documents notarized/witnessed where advised: IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT EACH DOCUMENT BE WITNESSED AND/OR NOTARIZED FOR MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS. Please read the Instructions for more information.
- Optional: Upload the final executed documents into the client portal for an additional storage option.