Fill and Sign the Living Wills Form 481375654

© 2016 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. NEW YORK LIVING WILLS PACKAGE Control Number: NY-P078-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 about life support and other medical issues and ensuring that your wishes are implemented. The Living Will package allows you to make the decision of whether life-prolonging medical or surgical procedures are to be continued, withheld, or withdrawn, as well as when artificial feeding and fluids are to be used or withheld.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 allows you to express your wishes prior to being incapacitated TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Form List with descriptionsII. Descriptions of FormsIII. Tips on Completing the FormsIV. DisclaimerI. FORM LISTWith 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.Health Care Proxy Health Care Decisions Statutory form including Living Will provisions2. Revocation of Health Care Proxy3. Statutory Anatomical Gift by Next of Kin, Guardian, Agent, or Surrogate4. Revocation of Anatomical GiftII. DESCRIPTIONS OF FORMSBrief descriptions of the forms contained in your U.S. Legal Forms™ Living Will package are found below. Health Care Proxy Health Care Decisions Statutory form including Living Will provisions – This Healthcare Proxy allows you to choose an agent to speak for you and make specific instructions for your treatment, in the event that you become incapable of voicing these instructions yourself. Revocation of Health Care Proxy - This form is a revocation of the health care proxy provided in Form NY-P020.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. This form must be witnessed and the signature notarized. Any individual of sound mind and eighteen years of age or more may make an anatomical gift for any purpose allowed by law by either a will or by a document of gift other than a will. A document of gift, which may be a card designed to be carried on the person, must be signed by the donor in the presence of two witnesses who must sign the document in the donor's presence. Revocation of Anatomical Gift – This is a revocation of Form NY-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, by making an oral statement in the presence of 2 persons and communicating the same to the donee, by 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 found 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. 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/ III. TIPS ON COMPLETING THE FORMSThe 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. IV. 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