Fill and Sign the Kentucky Living Will Form Formswift

© 2016 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. KENTUCKY LIVING WILLS PACKAGE Control Number: KY-P0 78-PKG U.S. Legal Forms™ thanks you for your purchase of a Living Wills Package. This package is a useful and necessary tool for making decisions a bout life support and other medical issues and ensuring that your wishes are impl emented. The Living Will package allows you to make the decision of whether life-pro longing medical or surgical procedures are to be continued, withheld, or withdrawn, as well as when artificial feeding and fluids are to be used or withheld. It allow s you to express your wishes prior to being incapacitated TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Form List with descriptions II. Descriptions of Forms III. Tips on Completing the Forms IV. Disclaimer I. FORM LIST With your Living Will package, you will find the forms that will help you ensure your decisions regarding medical treatment and life support are carried out. Included in your package are the following forms: 1. Statutory Living Will 2. Revocation of Statutory Living Will 3. Statutory Anatomical Gift by Next of Kin, Guardian, Agent, or Surrogate 4. Revocation of Anatomical Gift by Next of Kin, Guardian, Agent, or Surrogate II. DESCRIPTIONS OF FORMS Brief descriptions of the forms contained in your U.S. Legal Forms™ Living Will package are found below. Statutory Living Will – This Statutory Living Will form allows you to express your wishes and desires if it is determined that your death will occur whether or not life-sustaining procedures are utilized and where the application of life-sustaining procedures would serve only to artificially prolong the dying process. It is a declaration that such procedures be withheld or withdrawn, and that you be permitted to die naturally with only the administration of medication or the performance of any medical procedure deemed necessary to provide you with comfortable care. Revocation of Statutory Living Will - This is a revocation of the wishes and desires you expressed in Form KY-P023, which is a Statutory Living Will form that allows you to express your wishes and desires if it is determined that your death will occur whether or not life- sustaining procedures are utilized and where the application of life-sustaining procedures would serve only to artificially prolong the dying process. This form acts as a revocation of a prev iously execu ted living will. This form complies with all applicable state statutory laws. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act Donation - This Uniform Anatomical Gift Act Donation form pursuant to state statutes designates the specific body parts and organs an individual wishes to donate at the time of death. Any individual of sound mind and eighteen years of age or more may give all or any part of his body. A gift of all or part of the body may be made by will or by a document other than a will. This form must be witnessed and the signature notarized. Revocation of Anatomical Gift Donation – This Revocation of Anatomical Gift Donation form is a revocation of Form KY-P025 that designates the body parts and organs an individual wishes to donate at the time of death. If the will, card, or other document or executed copy thereof, has been delivered to a specified donee, the donor may amend or revoke the gift by executing and delivering to the donee a signed statement, making an oral statement in the presence of two (2) persons and communicating the same to the donee, making a statement during a terminal illness or injury addressed to an attending physician and communicating the same to the donee, or keeping a signed card or document on his person or in his effects. Any document of gift which has not been delivered to the donee may be revoked by the donor in the manner set out above or by destruction, cancellation, or mutilation of the document and all executed copies of the document. An anatomical gift made by a will may also be amended or revoked in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as set out above. Specific reference is made to the earlier executed Anatomical Gift Donation. If you need additional information, please visit www.uslegalforms.com and look up forms by subject matter. You may also wish to visit our legal definitions page at http://definitions.uslegal.com/ II I. TIPS ON COMPLETING THE FORMS The form(s) in this packet may contain “form fields” created using Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat (“.pdf” format). “Form fields” facilitate completion of the forms using your comput er. They do not limit your ability to print the form “in blank” and complete with a ty pewriter or by hand. It is also helpful to be able to see the location of the form fields. Go to the View menu, click on Toolbars, and then select Forms. This will open the Forms toolbar. Look for the button on t he Forms toolbar that resembles a shaded letter “a”. Click this bu tton and the form fields will be visible. By clicking on the appropriate form field, you will be able to enter the needed information. In some instances, the form field and the line will disappear after information is entered. In other cases, it will not. The form was created to function in this manner. IV. DISCLAIMER These materials were developed by U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. based upon statutes and forms for the subject state. All information and Forms are subject to this Disclaimer: All forms in this package are provided without any warranty, express or implied, as to their legal effect and completeness. Please use at your own risk. If you have a serious legal problem, we suggest that you consult an attorney in your state. 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