A person who makes decisions on your behalf if you become incapable of making them yourself. Documents used to make a substitute decisionmaker may be called enduring power of attorney, enduring power of guardianship or appointment of enduring guardian….
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See substitute decision-maker.
A written document intended to apply to a point in the future when you don’t have the capacity to make decisions. It provides a legal means for a competent adult to appoint a substitute decisionmaker and/or record their choices for…