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Please note: the U.S. Constitution allows people to determine the kind of health care they will receive. However, many states limit the types of health care decisions that can be made, and the instructions that you provide below may go beyond what is allowed in your state. This will not invalidate your instructions, but they may be limited to what is legally allowable. LawDepot does not limit your choice of instructions because this area of law is still developing. Some choices that are not now approved by legislation may be approved by the time your document is in effect. Moreover, the constitution gives you the right to make your own choices.
LawDepot Easy Legal Forms In MinutesYour Health Care Representative (also called Health Care Agent or Health Care Proxy) will make health care decisions for you when you are no longer capable of making them for yourself, or if you are unable to communicate your decisions to others. Your representative must be at least of the age of majority for your jurisdiction, and should be someone you have spoken to about your wishes.
Type of Power of Attorney: An ordinary Power of Attorney is only valid as long as the Principal is capable of managing his or her own affairs. It becomes invalid when the Principal loses capacity (loses the ability to make important decisions).LawDepot Easy Legal Forms In Minutes A "durable" Power of Attorney, if created before the Principal loses capacity, will remain valid even after capacity is lost. If you want your Attorney-in-fact to make decisions for you after you have lost the ability to make decisions for yourself, then you should choose "durable".
By becoming a U.S. citizen you will: Have a say in how your country is governed by being allowed to vote in government elections Be allowed to obtain a U.S. passport and have greater protection when you travel abroad; Have greater ease in sponsoring relatives into the U.S.
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