3 Legal Documents Every Graduating Senior Needs to Ensure Parents Can Make Important Medical And Financial Decisions On Their Child's Behalf
As graduating seniors prepare to travel abroad or leave for college, parents are urged to help their children prepare HIPAA forms, a power-of-attorney and an Advance Health Care Directive to ensure they are consulted and actively involved in their child's care should they become seriously ill or incapacitated in accident.
Under current privacy laws, parents may be barred from making necessary medical and life-saving decisions on their child's behalf without such documentation in place. Parents may further find themselves unable to obtain necessary medical records without ...