{"id":45,"date":"2026-10-11T06:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T06:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/a-will-a-power-of-attorney-a-health-care-directive-which-does-what\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:23:02","slug":"a-will-a-power-of-attorney-a-health-care-directive-which-does-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/a-will-a-power-of-attorney-a-health-care-directive-which-does-what\/","title":{"rendered":"A will, a power of attorney, a health care directive: which does what"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A will says what happens to your property after you die and who looks after your children. It does nothing while you are alive (sample note).<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A power of attorney lets someone you trust deal with your money and property if you cannot. A health care directive says who makes medical decisions for you, and what you would want.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most people sign all three at the same appointment. This note is general information; the rules differ from state to state, so ask about your own case.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three documents that are often signed together, and the different moments each one is for (sample note).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wills-and-estates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}