What the four documents do
A will speaks after death: who receives property, who handles the estate, who raises minor children. A power of attorney works during life: who may handle money and paperwork for someone who cannot. A healthcare directive also works during life: what treatment a person wants and who speaks for them with doctors. A revocable living trust works in both: a trustee manages property retitled to the trust during incapacity and distributes it at death without probate of that property. Many people end up with several, because each covers something the others do not.
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