A: Yes! Your Trust is important, but it may not cover every situation in which someone may need to act on your behalf during your lifetime. A Durable Power of Attorney allows someone you trust to handle financial matters involving assets held outside your Trust on your behalf if you lose capacity to do so yourself. An Advance Health Care Directive lets you express your health care wishes and designate someone to make health care decisions for you if you cannot make them yourself.
Together, these documents help protect your interests and ensure that you have given someone with legal authority to carry out your wishes if you become incapacitated.
