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 Information".
- 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)
For a discussion on Do Not Resuscitate orders, see the Ohio State Bar Association's Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders
Ohio State Bar Association:
Ohio Revised Code:
- See the following chapters and sections:
  - Chapter 2133 (Prior to 01/01/2007). Living Wills
  - 1337.09-1337.17 FORM - Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care.

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:
- POLST State Programs
- MOLST Updates

Financial Powers of Attorney/Powers of Attorney

Ohio has adopted the Uniform Power of Attorney Act effective 03/22/2012 per SB 117. This has been codified at ORC 1337. The new form is located at ORC 1337.60.
Ohio State Bar Association: Financial Powers of Attorney
Nolo.com: Financial Powers of Attorney: Do You Need One?
Clough, John E., Disability and Testamentary Planning Alternatives: Use of P.O.A.S, P.O.D.S & T.O.D.S in Estate Planning, 22 (No. 6) Probate Law Journal of Ohio 10 (July/August 2012)

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