Lanterna Rally

Author: Alexander Russell

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-03-11

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781503227712

This book published by Davenport Press and written by attorneys has a review of Virginia law and a good range of ready to use Virginia Wills and Estate Planning legal forms. Estate planning concerns how a person can arrange things for and control upon illness or death their health care, property and money, children and dependents, legal matters, and more. Forms can be copied from the book or downloaded for free as the book's Appendix A explains. In this book 9 main legal forms are explained and provided, which are: 1. Last Will And Testament (lets one give orders to on death gift most property, choose guardians for children and their property, authorize less burdensome legal options to be used, pick person to be executor to handle affairs, and control other matters); 2. Last Will And Testament (No Guardians) (this Will form has no "Guardians" paragraph and is for people without minor children and also not giving property or money to any minors); 3. Self-Proving Affidavit (this form is often done with a Will to avoid work after a death of showing a Will was signed correctly by getting testimony of witnesses to the Will signing, and using this form increases the chance a Will is enforceable); 4. Tangible Personal Property List (lets one write in a simple list outside a Will wanted gifts to occur on death of "tangible personal property" like clothes, furniture, tools, jewelry, and vehicles, which list can be done or redone anytime and just needs to be signed); 5. Virginia Advance Medical Directive (sometimes called "Combined Power Of Attorney For Health Care And Living Will" lets a person be named to control health care in case one cannot later control own health care and lets many health care instructions be given); 6. Durable Do Not Resuscitate (this form can be requested from a doctor when in very bad health to quickly show paramedics and other medical personnel to not try restarting the heart or breathing and certain other major actions); 7. Virginia Power Of Attorney (sometimes called "Financial Power Of Attorney" lets power over one's money, property, and other matters be shared with a very trusted person so they can do things when someone is ill or busy and wants help); 8. Designation To Control Funeral And Disposition Of Remains (lets person be designated to control funeral, disposition of remains, and related matters rather than have closest family member do this, and the form also has space for suggestions to be given); and 9. Power Of Attorney Of Parent and Standby Guardian (if person other than parent will watch child for long a guardianship at court is usually done, but in other cases a "Power Of Attorney Of Parent" form lets a person share power over child with someone, or a "Standby Guardian" form lets a person be instantly given power upon a medical trigger of parent becoming incompetent, parent becoming debilitated and unable to give care, or parent's death).