Incapacity planning is a vital aspect of estate planning that helps ensure that an individual’s financial and healthcare decisions will be made by someone they trust in the event they become unable to make those decisions themselves. 

Angelique Friend is an expert in incapacity planning who can help guide you through the process of creating a plan that will protect your interests and ensure your wishes are carried out.

 How Incapacity Planning Works

Incapacity planning is the process of creating a plan to address the potential loss of mental or physical capacity that may occur as a result of injury, illness, or aging. This plan includes the appointment of someone to make financial and healthcare decisions on the individual’s behalf. 

Angelique Friend has worked with many clients with their estate planning. She can help you understand the different options available for incapacity planning and create a plan that fits your specific needs.

Goals of Incapacity Planning in Estate Planning

The purpose of incapacity planning is to ensure that an individual’s financial and healthcare decisions will be made by someone they trust in the event they become unable to make those decisions themselves. 

It is a vital aspect of estate planning as it ensures that an individual’s wishes will be carried out even in the event of incapacity. 

A competent attorney can help you understand the relationship between incapacity planning and estate planning and ensure that your estate plan includes provisions for incapacity.

Importance of Having an Incapacity Plan

Having an incapacity plan in place is vital as it ensures that an individual’s financial and healthcare decisions will be made by somebody, they trust in the event they become unable to make those decisions themselves. 

It also ensures that an individual’s wishes will be carried out even in the event of incapacity. Angelique Friend Probate will assist you in having an incapacity plan and ensuring that you have one in place to protect your interests.

Incapacity Planning Tools

A durable power of attorney, advance directive for health care, and guardianship and conservatorship are all tools that can be used in incapacity planning. 

  • A durable power of attorney allows an individual to appoint someone to make financial decisions on their behalf. 
  • An advance directive for health care allows an individual to make their medical wishes known in the event they become unable to communicate them. 
  • Guardianship and conservatorship are court-ordered arrangements that appoint someone to make decisions on an individual’s behalf. 

Angelique Friend can help you understand the different tools available for incapacity planning and determine which ones will best fit your needs.

How Angelique Friend Can Help You with Incapacity Planning:

Angelique Friend Trustee can help you understand the different options available for incapacity planning, create a plan that fits your specific needs, and ensure that your estate plan includes provisions for incapacity. 

She can also help you navigate the legal process of setting up a durable power of attorney, advance directive for health care, and guardianship and conservatorship.

To Conclude

Incapacity planning is a vital aspect of estate planning that ensures an individual’s financial and healthcare decisions will be made by someone they trust in the event they become unable to make those decisions themselves. 

With an attorney’s help, you can have peace of mind knowing that your interests will be protected in the event of incapacity.