FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - LIVING WILLS/DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
LIVING WILLS/DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY

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Health Care Power of Attorney and Living Wills

Living Will Forms: www.fdco.net/livingwill.html
Franklin County Recorder Living Will Forms: Click on the link that says "Living Will Information". www.co.franklin.oh.us/recorder/
- For sample forms, follow instructions at the end of the Advance Directives text.
Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Association: Advance directives packet (includes Living Will and Durable Health Care Power of Attorney)
Ohio Legal Rights Service: Durable Health Care Power of Attorney Form
For a discussion on Do Not Resuscitate orders, see the Ohio State Bar Association's Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders
Ohio State Bar Association: Living Wills and Health Care Powers of Attorney
Ohio Revised Code:
- See the following chapters and sections:

Ohio’s Right of Disposition Law

This legislation, effective October 12, 2006, allows an individual to choose the person who will be in charge of funeral arrangements and burial. If nobody is named, the statute will determine the order in which survivors may choose.

Ohio Revised Code 2108.70-.90
Information from the Columbus Legal Aid Society
Franklin County Probate Court forms
Ohio State Bar Association: Ohio Law Helps Prevent Funeral Disputes

Physician/Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST/MOLST)

Ohio Information:
- www.ohsu.edu/polst/programs/state+programs.htm
- associationdatabase.com/aws/OHPCO/pt/sp/molst_updates

Financial Powers of Attorney

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1337 Statutory form is at ORC 1337.18, see HB 246, effective 3/29/06.
lexisONE.com: Financial Power of Attorney Form for Ohio
Ohio State Bar Association: Financial Powers of Attorney
Nolo.com: Financial Powers of Attorney: Do You Need One?

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