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The Designation of Health Care Surrogate: Immediate or Springing?

Posted on May 3, 2016 Written by Paul M. Stokes Leave a Comment

Florida’s Health Care Directives Chapter, Chapter 765 of the Florida Statutes, to which I will refer as “the chapter,” has an extensive definitions section.  That section at paragraph (21) defines surrogate to mean “any competent adult expressly designated by a principal to make health care decisions and to receive health information.” The chapter often describes […]

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“I Haven’t the Slightest Idea What Mom’s Meds Are.”

Posted on March 5, 2016 Written by Paul M. Stokes Leave a Comment

Among the portfolio of estate planning documents that we help our clients assemble are a set that we call “Disability Documents.”  These kinds of estate planning documents address not the certainty of the client’s death but the contingency of the client’s disability.  The client appoints an agent or surrogate – a sort of deputy – […]

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Paul M. Stokes works at Stokes McMillan Antunez, P.A., received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, and is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Wills, Trusts & Estates.

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