Protecting Your Healthcare Decision Making Rights By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. November 11, 2021 When it comes to medical treatment, most value their ability to freely make their own healthcare decisions. The bad news is that one day you might lose the capacity to make...
Why You Need a Health Care Surrogate for Your Young Adult Child: An Unexpected Sports Injury By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. February 12, 2015 When you are a parent, it sometimes seems as though your children become young adults in the blink of an eye. Even if you...
Adult Children with Serious Conditions Need a Health Care Surrogate Barry E. Haimo, Esq. April 23, 2015 Having a child who is truly sick with a serious illness is every parent’s worst nightmare. You feel angry, sad, and helpless all at once. You rearrange your...
Why Your College-Bound Kid Needs a Health Care Surrogate By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. March 12, 2015 Confident, optimistic, and eager to take on the world, your college-bound child might not be thrilled with the idea of signing away even a small bit of privacy to...
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. May 24, 2016 The New Health Care Surrogate Statute A Health Care Surrogate is a critical document in any estate plan. Essentially, it enables the person executing the document — known as the principal — to designate one or...
What’s a Health Care Surrogate? April 6, 2013 By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. A health care surrogate is similar to a power of attorney. It appoints someone to act on your behalf, but is limited to health care decisions rather than financial and administrative...