The law provides two different mechanisms to allow someone to direct your medical and financial affairs in the event of physical or mental incapacity.  The first is through the execution of estate planning documents referred to as advance directives and the second is by petitioning the court for the appointment of a Guardian for the […]

As we covered in the first part of this series, the likelihood of becoming incapable of taking care of one’s financial affairs at some point in life is fairly high. Having already discussed incapacity planning vis a vis a power of attorney, we now turn to a more sophisticated method of planning for incapacity, the […]