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Jim Lane

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15. Do you have a will?

Reply to bravenak (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 27, 2014, 03:06 AM

Jan 2014

There's no harm in talking with your doctor, but if you have a will, you should talk with the attorney who drafted it. He or she should be able to provide you with an end-of-life directive and health care proxy that conform to your state's laws.

If you don't have a will, and you want one (it can definitely save some hassles after you're gone), the attorney who drafts it for you can probably throw in those other things at little or no additional cost.

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