Fill and Sign the Life Documents Planning Package Including Will Power of Attorney and Living Will North Carolina Form

© 2018 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. NORTH CAROLINA LIFE DOCUMENTS PLANNING PACKAGE Control Number: NC-P001-PKG U.S. Legal Forms™ thanks you for your purchase of a Personal Planning Package. This package is an important tool to help you organize your legal affairs as you begin to think about entering a later stage of life. It contains key legal documents that are vital for you to maintain on file and safeguard in event of an emergency or unforeseen life event. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Form List with descriptions II. Descriptions of Forms III. Legal Document Storage information IV. Tips on Completing the Forms V. Disclaimer I. FORM LIST With your Life Documents Planning package, you will find the state specific forms that will help you prepare for and protect yourself and your loved ones from events that may affect your health, your finances and your affairs after your death. Included in your package are the following forms: 1. A Last Will and Testament that suits your specific needs (control number varies) 2. Statutory General Power of Attorney (NC-P010) 3. Statutory Power of Attorney for Health Care (NC-P014) 4. Power of Attorney for Mental Health Care (NC-P017) 5. Statutory Living Will (NC-P024) 6. Estate Planning Questionnaire and Worksheets (NC-WIL- 801) 7. Personal Planning Information and Document Inventory Worksheets (US-00PPF) 8. Financial Statement-Universal Form (US-00522-J) II. DESCRIPTIONS OF FORMS Brief descriptions of the forms contained in your U.S. Legal Forms™ Personal Planning Package are found below. Last Will and Testament – Complete this form to detail in writing your wishes regarding who is to receive your property at death and who will administer your estate. It also enables you to appoint trustees or guardians, if applicable. (control number varies) Statutory Form of Durable Power of Attorney - Statutory General Power of Attorney with Durable Provisions - This is a statutory form, that is, it is provided for in the North Carolina General Statutes. By using this form, you can create a general, limited, or durable Power of Attorney. This Power of Attorney does NOT provide for health care services. (NC-P010) Statutory Power of Attorney for Health - This Statutory Power of Attorney for Health Care gives the person you designate as your agent/attorney in fact the power to make health care decisions for you. Your agent must act consistently with your desires as stated in this Power of Attorney. This document gives your agent the power to consent to your doctor not giving treatment or stopping treatment necessary to keep you alive. You have the right to make health care decisions for yourself as long as you can give informed consent. No treatment may be given over your objection and health care necessary to keep you alive may not be stopped or withheld if you object. (NC-P014) Power of Attorney for Mental Health - Statutory Form - This is a statutory form provided for in the North Carolina General Statutes used to appoint a specific person to act for you with regard to mental health treatment when you are incapable of providing an informed consent to treatment or refusal to accept treatment. (NC-P017) Statutory Living Will - Declaration for a Desire for a Natural Death - This Declaration form allows you to express your wishes and desires regarding whether or not your life is prolonged by artificial means in the event that you are in a terminal, incurable condition or persistent vegetative state. (NC-P024) Estate Planning Questionnaire – Complete this form to assist attorneys, estate planners, and other professionals with details regarding your home and other property you own and additional assets including investments, life insurance policies, individual retirement accounts and so forth so that they can best recommend a course of action regarding your estate. (NC-WIL-801) Personal Planning/Documents Inventory Form – Complete this form to retain important information on file relevant to your life such as names of relatives, their contact information, your medical information, financial asset inventory, the location of your important legal documents and more. (US-00PPF) Financial Statement Form – Universal Use - This form outlays the assets and liabilities of an individual. The form contains sections which ask the individual to identify the following: current assets, current liabilities, deferred assets, and net worth. (US-00522-J) 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/ III. LEGAL DOCUMENT STORAGE Once you prepare legal documents and forms in your U.S. Legal Forms™ Essential Legal Life Documents Package, it is highly recommended that you keep forms together. An optional USLegal Life Documents Organizer is available for purchase from www.uslegalforms.com to help store your legal documents. Legal documents should also be kept in a very secure place such as a bank safe deposit box or personal home safe. You may wish to tell your attorney or a family member about the location of your Legal Life Documents Package in the event you are unable to communicate it to them when needed. IV. 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 computer. They do not limit your ability to print the form “in blank” and complete with a typewriter 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 the Forms toolbar that resembles a shaded letter “a”. Click this button 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. V. 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