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  Advance Directives For Healthcare In Ohio - The Ohio law describing durable powers of attorney does not speak exclusively to mental health care. An advance directive can nonetheless be an important tool for you as a consumer of mental health services to guide your care should your attending physician determine that you lack capacity to make your own health care choices.  

  Advanced Directives Defined - Advanced directives, such as a Living Will and a Durable Power of Attorney, are documents that someone can have created that indicate the medical health care wishes of that person.  

  Alternative Dispute Resolution & You - If you go to court to contest a will, you run the risk of tying-up the estate for a long time. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a general term for methods of resolving legal conflicts outside of the courtroom and may be an alternative to going to court. 

  Ask Questions To Decide If A Living Trust Is Right For You - Trusts can be useful for protecting and transferring your assets.  

  Everything You Need to Ask and Know About Wills - This pamphlet gives the basic on what a will is, why you need one and how to put one together.  

  I Just Inherited Money! Now What Do I Do? - Information about various topics related to inheriting money. 

  Make Sure Your Assets Go To Intended Beneficiaries - This article from the Ohio State Bar Association is designed to help you ensure that your assests go to your intended beneficiaries. 

  Preparing A Durable Financial Power of Attorney - This pamphlet explains how to assign someone to be your power of attorney for financial, personal, business, and real estate matters. 

  Advanced Directives Forms - This Advance Directives Packet: Choices, Living Well at the End of Life, was prepared by the Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, Ohio State Medical Association, the Ohio Hospital Association and the Ohio Osteopathic Association. 

  Forms Needed for Advance Directives - This site provides links for a person to file advance directives in Ohio, living wills, and health care power of attorney. 

  Probate Forms - List of probate forms approved by the Ohio Supreme Court. Read all instructions for use in individual courts. 

  Self-Guided Interview to Prepare Ohio Advance Directives - Use this tool to prepare valid advance directives forms in Ohio. This Advance Directives Packet: Choices, Living Well at the End of Life, was prepared by the Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, Ohio State Medical Association, the Ohio Hospital Association and the Ohio Osteopathic Association.  

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 Guardianships
 Advance Directives
 Probate
 Estate Planning
 Courts and The Law

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