[WSBAPT] Clients want to name children in Health Care Directive

[Thomas Gates]

If the children are minors, would they have the ability to make any
decision?

Tom

On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 10:47 AM, LISA ATKINSON <lisa_l_atkinson at msn.com>
wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> First time issue for me.  Clients, non-native English speakers, want to
> put their children's names into a Health Care Directive to require
> physicians to consult with and get approval from the children before
> honoring the terms of the HCD.  I have tried to explain, in many different
> ways, why this is not appropriate, but I can't find any legal citation to
> support my explanation.
>
> Anyone have suggestions?  I tried to suggest that under their Health Care
> POA, their children have a say in treatment/etc, but that the HCD is to be
> their choice.
>
> Please let me know if you have suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lisa
>
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