Legal Issues
Important to Senior Citizens

Legal Bulletin Board -- The place senior cititizens can post legal concerns.
Organizing Your Most Important Papers -- & Safe-Deposit Boxes
Legal Help For Senior Citizens -- states provide legal assistance to older Americans.
- How to Select a Lawyer
Estate Planning & Probate Avoidance -- including Wills
- Probate Avoidance Accounts -- Pay-On-Death, Retirement, Gifts, and Joint Tenancy
- Revocable Living Trust -- Advantages, Disadvantages
- Other Trusts -- Marital A-B Trusts, Trusts for Incapacitated People, Generation-skipping Trusts
Guardianship & Alternatives -- including The Power of Attorney
Life-Support Wishes
- The Right To Refuse Medical Treatment
- Durable Power of Attorney
- Medical Durable Power of Attorney
- Living Wills
- Directive to Physicians -- example of a life-support wishes document.
The Arguments Against a Living Will -- Anti-Euthanasia

Helpful Websites

the 24th Judicial District Court's website -Obtain free legal information and access other organizations which provide free legal assistance.

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Notice: The information provided is of general nature and is not intended to replace the advice and counsel of an attorney.