INCAPACITY PLANNING IN FLORIDA PART 1 OF

2Essential Concepts And Issues

INCAPACITATION

WHAT IS INCAPACITATION OR

INCAPACITY?

Most able-bodied adults are capable of making their own

decisions

Legally, this concept is

referred to as CAPACITY

If you lose the ability to make decisions for yourself, you

become LEGALLY INCAPACITATED

DECISIONS

WHAT CAUSES INCAPACITATION?

Your ability to make choices rests on your cognitive abilities

Should you become comatose, lose certain mental faculties because of an illness, such as

Alzheimer’s disease,

Or experience any other problem that affects your

ability to make choices, you can lose your legal capacity

PREPARATIONS

HOW DO I PLAN FOR INCAPACITY?

By making various types of documents that gives you the ability to make choices now,

while you are still able

As long as you are capable adult, there are steps you can

take

That will help ensure your choices will be honored should

you become incapacitated

INCAPACITY PLANS

WHAT WILL MY INCAPACITY PLAN ALLOW ME TO DO?

All incapacity plans will address various parts of your

life that will need to be managed should you become

incapacitated

These tools will address medical, financial, and other

vital topics

We’ll talk about the specifics of these tools in our next

presentation on incapacity

LEARN MORE ABOUT INCAPACITY PLANNING IN

FLORIDA

Robert J Kulas, PAAttorneys at Law

www.kulaslaw.com(772) 398-0720