And the answer is yes. You can list in your advanced health care directives those medical treatments which you do not want.

So it is fairly common in an advanced health care directive for people to list out that they do not want life prolonging medical treatment if they are in a permanent vegetative state, for example.

And so it is possible within an advanced health care directive to list out the treatments that you want and don’t want.

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And the answer is it depends. Some states have laws which say that an advance health care directive from another state will be honored in this state. Other states have very specific laws about what is required for a valid advance health care directive.

So the best advice is if you end up moving to another state, you should contact an estate planning attorney who is licensed in that state and talk with that attorney about getting a new advanced health care directive that is valid under that state’s law.

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An advance health care directive is a document where you appoint someone else to make medical decisions for you if you’re not able to make those decisions yourself.

In a living will, it is a set of instructions to a doctor or a hospital that you do not want life prolonging medical treatment in certain situations.

Now, an advance health care directive and the person you appoint in your advance health care directive can have the authority to either accept or refuse life prolonging medical treatment on your behalf if you decide to do that.

So the living will is a standalone document where you have already decided that you do not want life prolonging medical procedures in a certain circumstance.

So that’s the difference between a living will and an advance healthcare directive. If you have additional questions about health care directives or anything else related to estate planning, please click the link on this webpage and we’d be happy to schedule a time to talk with.

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Hi, I’m Matthew Crider, and welcome to the Quick Question Corner.

One question I get is when does an advance health care directive expire? And the answer is it depends. So some advance health care directives are for a limited duration and will expire on the date that is included in the advance health care directive.

Other advance health care directives do not have a end date on them, and once you sign them, they are effective as long as you continue to live.

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