Understanding Advance Directives for Health Care (VT)
Practical Law Practice Note w-021-2435 (Approx. 14 pages)
Understanding Advance Directives for Health Care (VT)
by Andrew J. Kestner, Langrock Sperry & Wool, with Practical Law Trusts & Estates
A Practice Note explaining the Vermont Department of Health's form advance directive for health care (long form), which allows an individual residing in Vermont to appoint an agent to make health care decisions for the individual when the individual is incapacitated. This Note provides information regarding the purpose and use of advance directives, their execution requirements, authority regarding life-sustaining treatments or end-of-life care, and the advantages, disadvantages, and limitations of advance directives.
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