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Contact: Contact Kristin Weber at 202/887-8255, kweber@halt.org
Washington, DC—With a new free legal self-help guide, HALT offers information about durable powers of attorney, legal instruments that allows you to ensure your interests are upheld even if you become incapacitated. HALT’s Citizens Legal Guide Durable Power of Attorney: Do You Need One? educates people about the various kinds of powers of attorney you can create and the process for producing them.
“Creating a durable power of attorney is an easy way for people to ensure that their financial and health-care decisions are taken care of if they become incapacitated,” stated HALT’s Amy Dieterich, the guide’s author. “This plain-language guide explains the why, how and when of creating a durable power of attorney.”
In creating a power of attorney, you authorize another person to have legal authority to act on your behalf in financial matters or health-care decisions. HALT's new guide includes sample durable power of attorney documents for both finances and health care. It also refers people interested in creating a power of attorney to additional self-help resources and organizations.
HALT's 8-page Citizens Legal Guides are the newest additions to HALT's selection of self-help publications. The new booklets supplement HALT's existing range of resources, which includes brief brochures and handouts along with Citizens Legal Manuals, full-length books that offer detailed information on a legal topic.
Because HALT receives thousands of letters through its Legal Information Clearinghouse, the organization is uniquely positioned to identify legal consumers' needs. Each publication HALT produces addresses a common legal consumer question and fills a gap in the existing universe of self-help publications. All of HALT's articles, brochures and Citizens Legal Guides are offered to consumers for free on the Internet and by mail, while HALT books are offered at an affordable cost.
Founded in 1978, HALT—An Organization of Americans for Legal Reform is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest organization. HALT pursues an aggressive education and advocacy program that challenges the legal establishment to improve access and accountability and reduce costs in the civil justice system. Please visit www.halt.org for more information.
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