A Living Will

In 1969, Illinois lawyer Louis Kutner first proposed the idea of living wills. Although the concept was received, the use of living wills faced many challenges particularly in cases when the testator, the person who made the living will, failed to clearly translate his health care desires into paper and so left rooms for confusion and misinterpretation. But over the years, the concept of living will has been explored and standardized. The contents of a living will, particularly, are becoming ... Read More »