My MIL was just in the hospital for something scary that we didn’t know if she was going to make it out of or not. Upon her wishes, she didn’t want life support treatment. Her husband had to have two witnesses unrelated to them sign the document. Why do they have to sign when they are unrelated? Why does this have to be signed by anyone else at all?
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A living will talks about what treatment you should (or shouldn’t) receive when you are *not able* to make those decisions (unconscious, heavily drugged, very confused, etc.).
Unfortunately, people who are close to that person may have ulterior motives for wanting to keep someone alive or let them die in those situations (inheritance, spousal benefits, etc).
Having two unrelated witnesses makes the document a little harder to forge.
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