From publisher Davenport Publishing this book covers "Estate Planning" which is doing legal documents to control health care, property, money, children, funeral, and more if later person is absent, sick, or dead. This area often uses terms like Last Will And Testament, Probate, Living Will, and Power of Attorney. Ready-to-use legal forms for New Jersey in book and for free download at www.davenportpublishing.com are:
Form 1. Last Will And Testament (Standard) - lets person control things after death like gifts of money property and money, pick person as "Executor" to later handle things, and say to avoid some costs and delay.
Form 2. Last Will And Testament (Guardians) - this is Will with parts to name person as "Guardian" or similar to if needed care for minor child under 18 or similar, and person to care for their estate and property.
Form 3. Self-Proving Affidavit - done with Will to help later work of showing Will was properly signed.
Form 4. Tangible Personal Property Memorandum - lets person easily, anytime say small gifts to occur after death, but is only for "tangible personal property" like cars, furniture, jewelry, tools, and clothes.
Form 5. Handwritten Will - this Will can skip the normal 2 witnesses and be done more easily but it must be 100% handwritten by person doing the Will, and doing this can be difficult and lead to mistakes.
Form 6. Proxy Directive - also called a "Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care" this common form lets person if wanted name someone Agent to help control health care or write health care instructions.
Form 7. Instruction Directive - does extreme act of in writing refusing further major medical care or tube feeding/water, and in the past often was called a "Living Will".
Form 8. Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) - does extreme act of refusing further medical care and uses slightly different wording in a short 1 page or so form that can be read fast by paramedics, EMTs, or similar (often called Do-Not-Resuscitate which is actually a different form).
Form 9. Durable General Power Of Attorney - lets power over money, property, and other things be shared during life with trusted person like spouse, adult child, or best friend so they can help do things.
Form 10. Power Of Attorney Over Minor - lets parent temporarily share power over child under 18 (or other dependent) with person named Agent to let them care and control them.
Form 11. Codicil For Funeral Matters - lets instructions be given and if wanted person named Agent to control funeral and similar matters.
Also provided is Estate Planning Helpful Information form to help family after a death know about property, accounts, documents, codes and passwords, wishes, and helpful tips.