Free Copies of a Living Will

The state statutes provide recommended language, definitions of the words used in the state language, and a recommended state form.

If you wish to check your state's statutes and form, click free copies of a living will It is the goal of this site to provide a thorough and comprehensive, easy to understand source for legal information about living wills, their limitations, and how you can improve on each state's free copies of a living will.

However, users must be aware that laws change. Thus, this site may not necessarily reflect the current status of the law in each and every state.

You are encouraged to read this site in its entirety, rather than just downloading your state's form.

Each state's form is a little different from the next state's form. As you may read in comments on related pages, even if you have your state's recommended form, properly executed, (signed and witnessed), your state's form may not be enough to prevent the issues that arose in Terri Schiavo's unfortunate situation from happening to you, if you were in the exact physical state she was in. So, what should you do?

If you have concerns that your state living will does not address the real issues in the Schiavo matter, i.e. "minimally conscious" or "severe brain damage", you may wish to have an attorney-drafted living will that addresses those concerns and provides a requirement for objective evaluation criteria, and after such, sets forth wishes to be allowed to die with dignity, in comfort, with all pain managed. This living will should be clearly marked that it is embellished beyond the statutory recommendations,TO PROMPT THE MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO READ IT, rather than believe they know what it says.

You also want to make certain that you designate a proper medical proxy to convey your wishes to a medical provider should you be unable to do so; and also to make certain that your wishes are carried out.

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