Reply #10: Yes, they can be challenged, but it they're [View All]

[liberalhistorian]

done right it's very difficult to overturn one. As someone else says above, though, it's important to also have a durable (health care) power of attorney naming a very trustworthy person, with an alternative person, to make medical decisions for you when you are unable to do so for yourself. Both of those together are pretty much legally inviable, if done right.

I previously worked for an attorney and we would do living wills. We'd usually do the whole package together, a will, living will, health care power of attorney and regular power of attorney. That way, everything is taken care of at once. And he usually only charged $100 for the whole package, even more complicated wills that took longer to draft. It's the doctors whom I really fear in these situations, not the lawyers, especially the keep-them-alive-no-matter-what-and-I-know-better-than-you-do types.