by Amy Refeca | Feb 20, 2025 | Advance Directive for Health Care, Bank Accounts, Estate, Estate Planning, Funeral Planning, Healthcare POA, How We Help Women, Incapacity, Living Will, Mental Health, Probate
Thinking about your own passing is tough—there’s no way around that. But if you’re reading this, it probably means you want to make things easier for your family when the time comes. And that’s a beautiful thing. While none of us like to dwell on the end, having a...
by Amy Refeca | Mar 6, 2024 | Advance Directive for Health Care, Estate Planning, Healthcare POA, Incapacity, Mental Health, Power of Attorney, Psychiatric Advance Directive, Special Needs Planning
In 2022, a new legal form came into being: Psychiatric Advance Directive. A link to this form in PDF fillable version can be found on the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network’s website. The acronym for this form is PAD. What does this form do that your...
by Amy Refeca | Aug 15, 2022 | Advance Directive for Health Care, Estate, Estate Planning, Financial Power of Attorney, Guardianship, Healthcare POA, Incapacity, Last Will & Testament, Power of Attorney, Probate, Trusts
The Documents In Your Estate Plan! First, I want to tell you what is an “estate”? Your “estate,” for purposes of our conversation, is made up of what is in your name when you die. Your “estate” owns all of it the second after your die (figuratively speaking). Then...
by Amy Refeca | Aug 5, 2022 | Advance Directive for Health Care, Estate Planning, Financial Power of Attorney, How We Help Women, Incapacity, Power of Attorney
Is your financial power of attorney immediate or incapacity only? Meaning, can your Agent act on behalf of you in financial transactions as soon as you signed your power of attorney, or, will your Agent ONLY be able to act if something triggers their authority to kick...
by Amy Refeca | May 10, 2022 | Advance Directive for Health Care, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Healthcare POA
The four things your health care agent can do under your Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care, sometimes referred to as a health care power of attorney, are: make treatment health care decisions for YOU, access YOUR private and protected health information, make...
