{"id":6180,"date":"2017-02-27T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=6180"},"modified":"2017-02-27T09:00:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T09:00:38","slug":"3-steps-effective-living-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/3-steps-effective-living-will\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Steps to Having an Effective Living Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/lane-v-erickson\">Lane V. Erickson, Attorney<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">Many of my estate planning clients do not know what a Living Will is or how it is a part of estate Planning. It is important to understand that a Living Will is a vital part of estate planning. It has nothing to do with giving away your assets. Rather, a Living Will is a directive signed by you that informs your Physicians and medical care providers about the decision you have made concerning how your life is too end. It gives you the ability to provide specific instructions now while you are able, so that if a time comes when you can no longer communicate your directive as written in your Living Will will be followed. Here are the 3 main steps to having an effective Living Will.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">1. PUT IT IN WRITING<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/3-steps-effective-living-will\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 3 Steps to Having an Effective Living Will\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Many of my estate planning clients do not know what a Living Will is or how it is a part of estate Planning. It is important to understand that a Living Will is a vital part of estate planning. It has nothing to do with giving away your assets. Rather, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3 Steps to Having an Effective Living Will|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Many of my estate planning clients do not know what a Living Will is or how it is a part of estate Planning. 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