Are Advance Directives Only For Older People?

Other Arkansas Estate Planning FAQs

• Q: What Is An Advance Directive?
  A: An Advance Directive enables you to guide your family and physician if you are unable to communicate with them. It allows you to control the extent to which … More
• Q: Who Can Fill One Out?
  A: Only competent persons age 18 or over can fill out an Advance Directive. If the person is not competent or is under 18, Arkansas law allows for proxy decision makers.
• Q: Who Can Be A Witness?
  A: Competent adults over 18, but not the person named as Proxy.
• Q: Who Can Be The Proxy?
  A: Generally any competent person over 18, but this person is usually a close relative or close friend. Your doctor usually does not want to be the proxy. Please write … More
• Q: What To Do With The Living Will/Advance Directive?
  A: Do NOT put it in a safe deposit box, and do mail it to the hospital. Please bring it with you each time you are hospitalized, just as you bring with you your insurance … More
• Q: Withdrawing Specific Treatments
  A: The advance directive specifically names several treatments that may be withdrawn if the patient is terminal. In filling out the living will, you are saying that any … More
• Q: Can Life Support Treatments, Even Tube Feedings, Be Withheld Or Withdrawn Even If The Patient Does Not Have A Living Will/Advance Directive?
  A: Yes, the patient may almost always refuse treatment for himself or herself. In addition, Arkansas law specifies who may make decisions for incompetent persons in the … More
• Q: Can Unexpected Recoveries Happen?
  A: Although there are occasional reports of unexplained recoveries from terminal illness, your responsibility is to make the best decision based on the most likely … More
• Q: Is The Advance Directive Legal In Other States?
  A: Maybe. Arkansas law recognizes most advance directives from other states, BUT other states may not recognize Arkansas Advance Directives.
• Q: What If I Change My Mind?
  A: If you change your mind about your Advance Directive, simply tear it up and tell your family and your physician.