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Legal Tools for Personal Decisions
Personal decisions are decisions about anything that are not financial issues, including health care, living arrangements, involvement in activities, employment and legal proceedings not related to financial issues.
Legal tools for making personal decisions include:
- Personal Directives (made by a mentally capable adult)
- Supported Decision-Making Authorizations
- Co-Decision-Making Orders (agreed to by the adult and made by the court)
- Specific Decision-Making
- Guardianship Orders (made by the court)
Learn more about personal decision-making tools on OakNet – our website for older adults
