Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Ohio

How to Amend A Living Will

What I want to know is how to amend a living will that gives my fiance's mother Power of Attorney when she will be going in for surgery. What I specifically want is a legal way enforce that her mother would have no Power over her apartment and the contents thereof. In which I would have control over her apartment during her surgery or any other time with the exception of death.


Asked on 8/25/03, 12:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
David Weilbacher, Esq. Attorney at Law

Re: How to Amend A Living Will

A living will only addresses a person's desires should they be in a permanent vegetative state. It has no bearing on the administration of one's property. A person's property would be administered by way of a durable power of attorney, and I suggest you speak to an attorney in this regard. 216.241.2500

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Answered on 8/25/03, 5:15 pm


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