Where can I find...

information on how to do a will and a DNR request on line? I am cheap and want to avoid a lawyer.  Very basic will and DNR, willing to get them notarized.  Anyone know of any sites offhand?

I know it is morbid (but a needed morbidity - morbid actually isn't the word I am looking for), but with Oleta's mom being as she is now, it got Mary and I thinking. 

Not sure that I cAn help on WHERE to get this on-line - but I am a notary public too !!

Does this mean I qualify for a discount?

I DON'T CHARGE FOR FRIENDS OR PEOPLE THAT I KNOW................ I didn't get this for the money - thats for sure.   heheh  I use it at work all the time. 

dont know that you can find one for FREE, but office depot, kinkos etc has make your own will kits. They are inexpensive and have all the paperwork in it to walk you thru the process. 
any of your docs offices or hospitals will have the DNR

Georgie, a DNR order is something that is filled out and signed by the doc, not something you or the patient fills out themselves.   Just let the doc know and he/she will fill one out (I think in some states two docs are required to sign it, not sure how they do it in Texas) ..  

  As to Wills, spend a few $$s on a lawyer and make sure it is done right ..   Those Will kits onlne and from Office Depot, etc. just give us "fits" ..     Sometimes they do not follow the law in Texas, or even if they are valid in form they are not validly executed by the testator and/or the witnesses, and can therefore be challenged later by an angry wanna-be heir or beneficiary ..    You also need to know what the legal effect of your declarations in a Will will have on your property and debts (and taxes that may be owed) ..   It may turn out you don't even need a formal Will to do what you want done, or can avoid probate entirely by using PODBs and/or JT w. ROS insttead  ..   In Texas, you can even do the handwritten "poor man's Will" in a pinch, but you have to know how exactly to do it to avoid problems at probate .. 

  At the same time as a Will, you will probably want to also do one or more of several ancillary documents hepful in final planning.   A hospital can usually do a Living Will / "Directive To Family, Physicians and Other Surrgoates" for the patient at no charge ..   However, you may also want to do a Mental Health Care Declaration, a durable non-health care power of attorney in case you just become "incapacitated" and need someone to make decisions with your property, income and debts, a durable health-care power of attorney just for those health care decisions that can become so important if you become incapacitated (esp. if you don't have a Living Will), and/or an organ donor declaration, if you are so inclined ..  



   

WRONG.  It is an ORDER by the PATIENT desiring NO EXTREEM MEASURES be taken "in case of...".  It is an order FOR the doctor to obey.  The patient has to request it before hand and be of sound mind at the time.  Can't be an after-the-fact thing.

It's something MY family knows I stand by if I will be debilitated enough to be a burden or be vegitative.  They all know this anytime I am in a position of surgery or whatever.

Having one handy "in case" is a fantastic idea.

That is NOT a DNR ..  that is a Living Will, a/k/a as "Directive To Physician, Family and Ohter Surrogates" in Texas ..   The Directive is a standard form in Texas created by statute  ..   A doctor signs the DNR at the request of the patient (or sometimes on their own in the hospital for patients whom it would be useless to resuscitate due to their grave condition), but not the LIving Will ...  
   
  I've been preparing these documents for 16+ years as an attorney here, btw ..  

I carry blank Texas DNR forms in my work bag...a necessity in my line of work, obviously. KRIS-you are correct. if the person resides in a facility, then they also need a "Dr order", depending on THAT facility's protocal. You don't even HAVE to have Dr signature on the DNR, as long as the pt or legal POA has signed it. You WANT a doc signature...but don't have to have it in Tx...and I've been doing this stuff 30+ years (sticking tongue out..lol)

For saying "what you want" that is a Living Will...can be written on a McDonald's napkin...but better if done legally...and is a whle lot easier to read without ketchup on it

For the will, here is a link.  I was able to copy and paste it into a Word document. 

http://www.ilrg.com/forms/lastwill-married-ac/us/tx

For the DNR, here is a link:

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/emstraumasystems/dnr.shtm#forms

Blessings,

Jenn