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Pennsylvania Living Will Lawyer

Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the living will lawyers at Richards & Richards have been providing healthcare directive assistance to individuals and their families throughout western Pennsylvania for three generations.

What Is a Pennsylvania Living Will?

A Pennsylvania living will is a directive in the event you are incapacitated or otherwise unable to make a final healthcare decision.

Do I Need a Living Will?

If you want to ensure your wishes are carried out in the event you become incapacitated, or if you want to have the ability to designate someone to make decisions on your behalf, then you want a living will. A living will can also avoid family strife and turmoil, such as that by Terri Schiavo.

Those familiar with Terri Schiavo recall that she became incapacitated with no living will. A bitter, expensive, and drawn out legal battle ensued between her husband, who contended she had confided that she did not want to be placed on artificial life support if she suffered permanent brain damage, and her parents, who claimed she was a devout Catholic and would never consent to anything that would end her life.

This issue could have been avoided if Terri Schiavo had a living will.

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For a free confidential consultation and information on how a Pennsylvania living will lawyer at Richard & Richards can put over 35 years of healthcare directive and estate planning experience to work for you, call us at (412) 261-2620, (724) 940-4340, or toll free at (877) 829-8538, email us, visit us at our office (map), or fill out our intake form on our Contact Us page. Discover how we earned our reputation for legal excellence and our track record of success.

Richards & Richards represents clients to have us write a living will throughout western Pennsylvania, including the cities of Pittsburgh, Fox Chapel, North Hills, South Hills, Shaler, Johnstown, Allison Park, Pine Township, Marshall Township, Warrendale, Sewickley, Oakmont, Butler, Cranberry Township, Beaver, Hopewell, Wexford, Mars, Seven Fields, Adams Township, Harmony, Zelienople, and Allison Park, PA. We also represent residents of the following counties: Allegheny County, Butler County, Beaver County, Westmoreland County, Armstrong County, and Washington County.