As Erica Ellis, JD, Product Counsel at Vanilla, explains, “Most traditional advance directives become effective when a person ...

Three women and two physicians in Kansas are suing the state over its law that invalidates the advance directives of pregnant ...

Medicare recognizes that end-of-life planning is an important part of an older adult's healthcare journey. Read more.

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Many people believe they can exercise better control over their own destiny by filling out a living will (also called an "advance directive.") They may have concerns about becoming caught in a ...

Your executor is the person who will settle your estate after you die. You should pick someone you know to be trustworthy and ...

Decades later, Quinlan's family and the attorneys on her landmark case share an unshakable bond. 'History had touched us,' ...

A group of Kansas women say the "pregnancy exclusion" in the state’s Natural Death Act violates the Kansas Constitution.

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Online tools can help you draft a will in less than an hour and make charitable donations that live on. I know the secret to ...

The case of Karen Ann Quinlan became an accelerant for much of the end-of-life care and legal devices that are now considered ...