16Estate Planning

The Advanced Medical Directive

Health care directives, incapacity planning, and integrated estate planning coordination.

7 Min ReadApril 2025

§1Beyond the Living Will

In the beginning, our platform estate planning document set did not include documents relating to health care. The logic was that health care directives have nothing to do with estate planning, as such.

Experience proved otherwise. Incapacity is the rehearsal for estate transition, and the family member empowered to make medical decisions is almost always the one administering the trust shortly thereafter. The two instruments must speak to one another.

The material above is provided for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax, or investment advice. Engagements with RM Legacy Group are conducted under confidential terms in coordination with the family's counsel and fiduciaries.