Book Description

This new Second Edition of this book is written by lawyers and published by Davenport Press. This book focuses on Georgia Wills and Estate Planning legal documents which deal with how a person can control on absence, illness, or death their health care, end of life issues, all property, money, children and family, funeral and burial, and more. After a review of Georgia law this book has Georgia legal forms (with filled out sample forms) to let people quickly make binding legal documents. Forms in this book and for free download include: (1) Last Will And Testament (With Guardians) (lets one give orders to on death gift property and money, pick person as executor to do things after death, say less costly legal procedures can be used, and in case needed pick guardians for minors and their property); (2) Last Will And Testament (No Guardians) (this is a Will with no Guardians paragraph for those without a child under 18 and not giving things to anyone under 18); (3) Self-Proving Affidavit (this form helps the later process after a death of proving a Will was signed correctly, and this makes it more likely a Will is followed); (4) Codicil (this form makes changes to a Will, but most people just do a new Will); (5) Georgia Advance Directive For Health Care (in case someone is later unable to control their health care, this form lets a "Health Care Agent" be named to decide things, and if wanted lets health care instructions be given, and this form is often called a "Living Will"); (6) Do Not Resuscitate Order and P.O.L.S.T. (using 1 of these 2 forms shows paramedics and others not to try restarting a person's heart or breathing or some other major actions, with a P.O.L.S.T. form having more details than the older Do Not Resuscitate Order form); (7) Georgia Statutory Form for Financial Power of Attorney (lets power over money, property, and more be shared with someone so they can do things like use accounts and see records); (8) Georgia Power Of Attorney For Care Of A Minor (lets power over a child's health care, schooling, and other areas be shared with a grandparent, great-grandparent, step-grandparent, or step-great-grandparent, usually because parents will be absent); (9) Power Of Attorney Delegating Parental Authority (this non-official form may help by giving a non-grandparent power over children); and (10) Designation To Control Remains (lets instructions be given and person be named to control funeral, cremation, burial, and related matters rather than closest family controlling this).