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	2011 Referral Directory Legal Services and Other Resources Legal services and other resources for low-income Texans. By: Texas Lawyers Care


	Advance Directive Advance Directives are documents that communicate your wishes about medical care if, at some point in the future, you are unable to speak for yourself.


	Consent to Medical Treatment (Separate Website) Only for patients in a nursing home or hospital. Authorizes a surrogate decision maker to make treatment decisions for an adult patient who cannot make treatment decisions and who has not issued a directive and needs medical care. Does not include withholding or withdrawing life sustaining treatment. By: Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) Read this in: Spanish / Español


	Declaration for Mental Health Treatment (Separate Website) This is an important legal document. This document allows you to make decisions in advance about mental health treatment and specifically three types of mental health treatment: psychoactive medication, convulsive therapy, and emergency mental health treatment. The instructions that you include in this declaration will be followed only if a court believes that you are incapacitated to make treatment decisions. Otherwise, you will be considered able to give or withhold consent for the treatments. By: Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) Read this in: Spanish / Español


	Designation of Guardian in Advance of Need Competent surviving parents of minor or disabled children may designate a guardian in the event of the parent's death or disability. A competent adult may designate a guardian in the event of later disability. By: Legal Hotline for Texans


	Directive to Physicians A Directive to Physicians is a legal form that communicates your wishes about life sustaining medical treatment at some time in the future. By: Legal Hotline for Texans


	Directive to Physicians and Family or Surrogates Form (Separate Website) This is an important legal document known as an Advance Directive. It is designed to help you communicate your wishes about medical treatment at some time in the future when you are unable to make your wishes known because of illness or injury. By: Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) Read this in: Spanish / Español


	Heirship (Separate Website) Affidavit of Heirship for a motor vehicle VTR-262. By: Texas Department of Transportation


	How to Select a Lawyer (Separate Website) By: The State Bar of Texas


	Limited Scope Representation A way for people with limited money to afford an attorney. By: Legal Hotlines for Texans


	Medical Power of Attorney (Separate Website) It is a document, signed by a competent adult, i.e., "principal," designating a person that the principal trusts to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf should the principal be unable to make such decisions. The individual chosen to act on the principal's behalf is referred to as an "agent." By: Texas Medical Association


	Out-of-Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Form (Separate Website) An Out-of-Hospital DNR is a legal form that tells emergency medical professionals not to start or to continue certain life-saving procedures. By: Texas Department of State Health Services


	Out-of-Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Q&A An Out-of-Hospital DNR is a legal form that tells emergency medical professionals not to start or to continue certain life-saving procedures. By: Legal Hotline for Texans


	Powers of Attorney A Power of Attorney is a document that gives someone else the legal authority to do certain things for you.


	To Will or Not to Will (Separate Website) Explains the advantages of having a will, as well as the bad things that can happen if you die without a will ("intestate"). By: Texas Young Lawyers Association Other Formats: PDF File


	What is a Power of Attorney? A power of attorney is a legal document that allows another person to do something for you when you are not available to do it yourself. You should always consult with a lawyer before signing a power of attorney. By: Legal Aid of Northwest Texas - Dallas


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