Shannon Pawley, The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm Owner, writes about the importance of having a comprehensive estate plan that includes healthcare directives.

DECATUR, GA, January ••, 2024: Shannon Pawley, Owner of The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm, has posted a new article on the law firm’s website entitled “The Role of Healthcare Directives in Estate Planning,” in which Ms. Pawley highlights the two most important legal documents.

Pawley notes, “One of the most interesting and dramatic changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic is the attention more people are now giving to advance healthcare planning.” She continues, “Also known as Healthcare Directives, this is an area that was put off so frequently as to be nearly non-existent in most people’s lives. Those of us in the legal and estate planning professions have seen a significant increase in attention being given to Healthcare Directives in the past three years.”

According to Pawley, “Healthcare directives are an integral part of estate planning, and they do so much for those who take the time to create a comprehensive estate plan.” She explains, “They save your family from having to make healthcare decisions for you in the event you no longer can.” She poses the question, “Can you imagine the burden of having your loved one in that position especially if you’ve never discussed the topic before?” Pawley emphasizes, “Healthcare directives also secure your medical treatment preferences so that the care you desire to have is provided, while the care you do not want is not provided.”

“The two most common advance directives for health care,” Pawley writes, “are the Living Will and the Durable Power of Attorney for health care, also known as Healthcare Powers of Attorney.” As she points out, “These legal documents provide instructions for medical care and only go into effect if you cannot communicate your own wishes.”

The entire article can be read by CLICKING HERE

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The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm was established to serve the legal needs of retiring citizens. The Firm focuses its entire practice on providing strategies to protect independence, privacy, assets and taxes from the government. Shannon Pawley has grown her law practice by providing excellent customer satisfaction with personalized wealth protection plans.

About Shannon M. Pawley, J.D., LL.M

As the owner of The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm, Shannon M. Pawley and her entire team share a passion which focuses on being able to serve the legal needs of retiring individuals. In our firm, WE BELIEVE that people should not have to lose everything they’ve worked a lifetime to earn and that every person is an individual who deserves respect and the highest quality of life possible, regardless of age or ability.  We also believe that privacy and protection are the keys to personal peace. Born and raised in the Tidewater area of Virginia to a tightknit family with strong military service roots, Shannon learned from an early age the value of hard work and the importance of social awareness to ensure you always leave a situation in a better place than how you entered it.  In her junior year of high school, Shannon served as U.S. House of Representatives Page during the 101^st United States Congressional Session in Washington, D.C.  This experience exposed her to numerous new cultures and worldly issues.  Walking away from her experience as a U.S. House of Representative Page, Shannon knew that she wanted to pursue legal studies and be able to assist others in obtaining the best results available in difficult situations.

Shannon earned her undergraduate degree at North Carolina Wesleyan College and pursued a law degree from Michigan State University College of Law.  After obtaining her law degree and becoming a licensed attorney in Michigan, she continued her educational pursuit by acquiring a LL.M. (Master of Law) in Taxation from Wayne State University. After moving to Georgia in 2018, Shannon obtained her Georgia law license and has enjoyed being able to pursue her desire of ensuring persons are able to age with dignity, grace and independence.