PRACTICE AREAS
Powers of Attorney &
Healthcare Directives
Document your wishes and choose trusted people to help with financial and healthcare decisions when needed.
ABOUT OUR PRACTICE
Prepare Today for the Decisions Ahead
An unexpected illness or injury can leave you unable to manage financial matters or communicate your healthcare wishes. Planning ahead allows you to provide instructions and designate people you trust before a difficult situation arises.
MHK Attorneys helps clients in Stroudsburg, Brodheadsville, Pocono Summit, and throughout Eastern Pennsylvania prepare powers of attorney and healthcare directives tailored to their circumstances.
Whether you are creating these documents for the first time or reviewing an existing plan, our team can help you understand your options and put your wishes into writing.
What Are Powers of Attorney and Healthcare Directives?
A power of attorney authorizes another person, called an agent, to act on your behalf within the authority granted by the document.
Financial powers of attorney address financial and legal matters. Healthcare powers of attorney identify someone to make medical decisions when the document’s conditions are met. A living will provides instructions about certain end-of-life treatment preferences.
Together, these documents can help your loved ones understand who should act and what matters most to you.
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WHAT WE HELP YOU PREPARE
Documents That Support Your Wishes
Financial Powers of Attorney
Authorize a trusted person to assist with specified financial and legal matters, such as managing accounts, paying bills, or handling property transactions.
The document can define the agent’s authority and when that authority begins. A durable financial power of attorney remains effective if you later become incapacitated.
Healthcare Powers of Attorney
Designate a healthcare agent to make medical decisions on your behalf when you cannot make those decisions yourself, subject to the document and applicable law.
Choosing an agent gives you an opportunity to discuss your values, treatment preferences, and expectations with someone you trust.
Living Wills & Advance Healthcare Directives
A living will records your preferences concerning life-sustaining treatment and other end-of-life care in circumstances specified by Pennsylvania law.
An advance healthcare directive may include a living will, a healthcare power of attorney, or both. These instructions can help your agent and healthcare providers understand your wishes.
GETTING STARTED
A Clear Plan for Future Decisions
STEP 1
Discuss Your Goals
Tell us about your circumstances, concerns, and any documents you already have. We help identify the financial and healthcare decisions your plan should address.
STEP 2
Choose Your Agents and Instructions
We guide you through selecting trusted agents, considering backup choices, and defining the authority and instructions appropriate for your situation.
STEP 3
Finalize and Share Your Documents
Our team helps you complete the signing process and understand how to keep your documents accessible to the people who may need them.
Why Choose Us
Guidance for Decisions That Deserve Careful Thought
Choosing who may act on your behalf is an important personal decision. MHK Attorneys helps you understand what your documents mean and how they fit into your broader estate plan.
Our team can help you:
- Understand the differences between financial and healthcare documents.
- Define the authority you want to grant.
- Consider primary and backup agents.
- Document healthcare preferences.
- Review existing documents as your needs change.
- Coordinate powers and directives with your will and other planning documents.
Give Your Loved Ones Clearer Direction
Without appropriate planning, the people closest to you may face uncertainty about who can act or what decisions you would want made.
Preparing documents while you have the required legal capacity can help establish decision-making arrangements in advance. In some circumstances, effective powers of attorney and other support may reduce the need for court-appointed guardianship.
If a loved one is already unable to make important decisions, our team can help you understand whether existing arrangements are sufficient or other legal steps may be needed.
START TODAY
Your Wishes Matter.
Put Them Into Writing.
You do not have to wait for a health crisis to prepare for the future.
Contact MHK Attorneys to create or review powers of attorney and healthcare directives that reflect your priorities and give trusted people clearer guidance.
OUR TEAM
Meet Our Estate Planning Attorneys
JOSEPH P. HANYON
JD • LLM • ESQ
CONNIE J. MERWINE
JD • CPA • LLM • MLA
