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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Given that a living will is somewhat of an oxymoron – it governs when and how the hospital should let you die – it is _very_ important that the document is authentic and put forward by someone of sound mind. The multiple, disinterested parties helps to ensure that the directives in the living will are what _you_ actually want, rather than a forgery (or coerced) put together by a beneficiary of your asset will.
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