Incapacity planning involves making your wishes known in the event you become physically or mentally incapable of managing your affairs.
This can be a result of a severe medical condition, and automobile accident, being a victim of crime, etc. In this situation you may need assistance with basic activities such as cooking, cleaning, shopping, bathing, or dressing or more complicated matters such as paying bills, gifting money or assets, selling your home, managing your investments or making important medical decisions.
Having appropriate documents in place such as a property power of attorney or durable power of attorney, health care power of attorney or living will, guardianship/conservatorship documents, or a revocable living trust can help ensure that your affairs are handled according to your wishes and avoid the chaos and infighting that can occur among family members with differing opinions as to your wishes.
Attorney Dolenga has successfully guided thousands of severely disabled clients in presenting their claims before the Social Security Administrations administrative law judges and numerous Federal district courts across the country. As a result of these efforts, his clients have been provided with the resources needed to support themselves and their families.
Through this work, Attorney Dolenga also sees first-hand the catastrophic effects a severe, and often sudden, medical diagnosis or death can have on a family emotionally and financially. This allows him to fully understand how critically important advanced planning can be. Whether in drafting a simple will to protect an individual or a couple and their home and bank account or drafting more complex documents, he understands how important this planning can be to the lives of his clients and their families.
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