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You have already had a coupe of responses.The legal document as stated by Mark Baker, and Sergio Saavedra, is so that someone else can speak for you if you are unable to speak, especially in a medical emergency.A JW is not forced or coerced into signing such a document. It is highly recommended thou that we do. In fact it is recommended that every person no matter what their beliefs have such a formHere in Australia every state has different laws and requirements in this regard and the forms used are different. Were I live it is called Advance Care Directives. It is now a 4 A4 page form. The laws in this state in regard to powers of attorney all changed on 1 July 2014. Before that we just had a singed card in our wallets that gave the name of a person to contact and saying that we would not have blood. With the change in the law that was no longer good enough.This is what all JWs used to carry until laws changed in various placesFrom the following USA web page you can see the general effects of having or not having a medical power of attorney What Happens if you Don't Have a Power of Attorney?There are certain medical procedure that are up the conscience of each JW. The Durable Power of Attorney outlines just what medical procedures a particular JW will or will not have. Some JWs will give a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order on their form depending on their age and state of health at the time they signed the form.The form names at least two people that can be contacted by medical staff who have agreed to act on your behalf. Each person is to have a certified copy of the Durable Power of Attorney to show medical staff what the our wishes are.Here in Australia the KH has a copy because there are times when anyone mentioned on the form may not be able to get their copy of the Durable Power of Attorney. Having a secured third person copy means that a copy is always available.Mark Jones, saysmembers should choose another Jehovah’s Witness as their power of attorney and not a non-Witness relative. Because a non-Witness is likely to try and save your life with blood.This is what The advice given to JWs isTo help ensure that his wishes are honored, a publisher may choose to appoint two of Jehovah’s Witnesses as his health-care agents instead of non-Witness family members. If this is done, [that is, appoint fellow JWs] it is both prudent and a kindness for the publisher to advise his non-Witness family members of this.I do have a non JW relative as a contact on my form because i trust that the person will abide by the legally abiding form

Its a power of attorney that is still effective even after mental incapacity. In other words the power or attorney "endures," hence the word "durable."A power of attorney becomes ineffective if its grantor becomes "incapacitated," because of physical injury or mental illness, unless the grantor (or principal) specifies that the power of attorney will continue to be effective even if the grantor becomes incapacitated. This type of power of attorney is called "power of attorney with durable provisions."In effect, under a durable power of attorney (DPA), the authority of the attorney-in-fact to act and/or make decisions on behalf of the grantor continues until the grantor's death.

Dangling leftovers, IMO: he is your next of kin. He makes all the major medical decisions for you, unless you have created an iron-clad durable power of attorney.Where I live, your spouse automatically inherits 33% of your estate and cannot be disinherited.If you can live with those two conditions, I don’t see what you will gain from a divorce.