Living Will Declaration
Your written wishes on life-sustaining treatment, valid under Ohio law and ready when doctors need it.
Living Wills & Advance Directives
Your wishes, in writing, before they're needed.
A living will states your wishes about life-sustaining treatment while you're alive but unable to speak. Paired with a healthcare power of attorney, it spares your family the hardest guesswork of their lives.
What It Is
Not the same as a last will.
A last will directs who receives your assets after death. A living will speaks while you're alive: it tells doctors and family your wishes about life-sustaining treatment, resuscitation, and comfort care if you can't speak for yourself.
Ohio recognizes a set of advance directives that work together: the living will declaration, the healthcare power of attorney (who decides when the document can't), and related authorizations. We draft them as one coherent package, so the people at your bedside have answers instead of arguments.
What's Included
One package, every scenario.
Healthcare Power of Attorney
Names the person you trust to make medical decisions in situations your living will doesn't cover.
HIPAA & Access
Release authorizations so your decision-makers can actually talk to doctors and see records when it counts.
Wills & Trusts
The foundation: a will that directs your wishes and a living trust that keeps your family out of probate court.
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Living Trusts
A revocable living trust that keeps your estate out of probate, private, and under your control while you're alive.
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Powers of Attorney
Name who can act on your behalf (financial and healthcare) if you can't speak for yourself.
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Probate & Estate Administration
Guiding executors and families through Ohio probate, and structuring plans to avoid it in the first place.
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Advanced Trust Planning
Tailored trusts for minors, special-needs heirs, blended families, and staged distributions over time.
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Dynasty Trusts & DAPTs
Permanent protection for real estate, investments, and business, shielded from taxes, creditors, and probate.
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Irrevocable structures (including the Ohio Legacy Trust) that put wealth beyond the reach of future lawsuits and creditors.
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Hard questions, made easier.
No. A last will directs your assets after death. A living will is a healthcare directive about life-sustaining treatment while you're alive but unable to speak. Most complete estate plans include both.
They work together. The living will states your wishes directly; the healthcare POA names who decides everything it doesn't cover. Having both keeps your family out of impossible choices.
Yes, at any time while you have capacity. We recommend a review every few years or after major health or family changes, the same cadence as the rest of your estate plan.
Flat fee. Advance directives are included in our estate-planning packages, or available standalone if your plan is already in place.