LawDepot’s user-friendly questionnaire allows you to include all the key information to complete your End-of-Life Plan. Customize your plan by including your wishes for the following:
1. Appointee
An appointee is the person, or people, you choose to carry out your wishes to the best of their ability. An appointee can be a spouse or other reliable adult. Also, if you have an existing Will, your executor may also act as your appointee.
2. Announcement of your passing
This step details how you would like your appointee to inform people of your passing. Options can include a small, informal notice or an obituary.
3. Organ donations
Many people wish to help others after their passing through organ donation. In your End-of-Life Plan, state if you’re an organ donor to ensure your appointee and loved ones are aware of your wishes and reduce delays in medical personnel removing any donated organs.
If you’re not already an organ donor but wish to be one, you can register online through your state's donation page.
4. Your remains
Once you’ve passed, your family needs to know how you wish your remains to be handled or prepared for burial. This can include being:
- Buried in a cemetery or private plot
- Entombed in a mausoleum
- Donated to medical science or education
- Cremated and having your ashes buried, entombed, given to a loved one, or spread at a specific location
5. Funeral wishes
Creating your End-of-Life Plan includes providing your family with your wishes for your funeral. Types of arrangements include:
- Funeral
- Graveside service
- Memorial service
- Visitation or viewing
While outlining your funeral wishes, include any specific religious or spiritual traditions you may want your family to conduct.
6. Financial planning
To help your family follow through with your requests, you can include details on the funding for your final wishes, such as burial and funeral services. In your plan, you can indicate if you have put aside savings specifically for these plans or if your estate will reimburse any costs.
7. Final thoughts and messages
To finish up your End-of-Life Plan, you can leave any final thoughts or messages for your loved ones. Write them in your End-of-Life Plan for them to read upon your passing.
8. Any other final instructions
Our questionnaire allows you to highlight any further instructions you wish your loved ones to have that may be more specific. For example, if you want a memorial or funeral service, you may decide to have family and friends donate to a charity of your choice rather than send flowers for the service.
