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

Franklin County Recorder Living Will Forms: Click on the link that says "Living Will Forms". www.co.franklin.oh.us/recorder/
Living will/health care power of attorney: See heading Living Wills at the web site of the Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: http://www.ohpco.org
- For sample forms, follow instructions at the end of the Advance Directives text.
- The Columbus Bar Association web site (www.cbalaw.org) has a sample form for a living will for the State of Ohio in PDF format. Just type 'living will' in the search box.
For a discussion on Do Not Resuscitate orders, see the Ohio State Bar Association's www.ohiobar.org/pub/lawfacts/index.asp?articleid=25
An Ohio State Bar Association article offers explanation in a question and answer format:
www.ohiobar.org/pub/lawfacts/index.asp?articleid=13
Ohio Revised Code:
- See the following chapters and sections:

Financial Powers of Attorney

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1337 Statutory form is at ORC 1337.18, see HB 246, effective 3/29/06.
Financial Power of Attorney Form for Ohio
Financial Powers of Attorney

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