What is included in a basic estate plan?


Will: your Will provides for the transfer of your property at your death.

Financial Durable Power of Attorney: a document to appoint an agent (and a back-up) to make financial decisions for you if you are unable to do so because of illness or an accident.

Health Care Power of Attorney: a document to appoint an agent to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to do so. (If you name the same agent for financial and health care decisions, one document can be used for both of these designations.)

Health Care Directive ("Living Will”): the opportunity to direct what kind of health care you wish to receive if you are terminally ill or in a permanent coma.











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What is included in a basic estate plan?