Dying is not the only issue diligent estate planning should care about. It is at least as important to think about your own incapacity. Unexpected accidents or severe illness can happen everyday to everyone. Also all of us have a significant risk of developing dementia when we’re advancing in age. Planning ahead for such tragic events with a durable power of attorney, advance health care directives and eventually a do-not-resuscitate order helps yourself and your family to better cope with such miseries.

There are two main fields that have to be taken care of. The most important one regards the personal wellbeing. Here health care directives and also in some cases do-not-resuscitate orders allow to plan how medical treatment is conducted in case that yourself lose the capacity to decide on your own. On the other hand the financial side should not be left out. Everyone has many daily financial obligations that need attention even if one is not able to look after the finances himself, because he has become incapacitated for whatever reason. In this case somebody you trust should take care of your finances. That is what a durable power of attorney is used for.
 
Diligent estate planning attorneys, like the lawyers of Rinne Legal in San Francisco, Oakland, Fairfield, Walnut Creek and Sacramento can help you drafting the right documents.

Within this section you will find a description of the basic elements, that are commonly used to prepare for tragic events in life.