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Forms to complete both types of Advance Directives (Living Will and/or Health Care Proxy) are available from hospitals, doctors, nurses, social workers, advocacy organizations, and on the State of New Jersey Department of Health website. An attorney may also help you prepare your Advance Directive.

A competent adult may execute a living will at any time. The living will must be signed by the declarant and witnessed by either two adult witnesses or a notary public or lawyer. The witnesses must also attest to the sound mind of the declarant, and that the living will was executed free of duress or undue influence.

If there is nothing in place providing for this, the state will need to appoint a guardian to make these decisions on your behalf. The best way to avoid this, especially when critical decisions must be made, is to have a health care proxy in place.

Understanding the Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD) A Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD) is a document that details instructions on an individual's psychiatric treatment in the event that individual is in crisis and lacks the capacity to make informed decisions about their care.

While an Advance Directive is a comprehensive document that covers a wide range of healthcare decisions, a POLST form is focused on end-of-life decisions that require immediate medical attention. For instance, it may specify whether you want to receive CPR, antibiotics, or be put on a ventilator.

While New Jersey does not require you to notarize a will to make it legal, there are significant benefits of getting it notarized. When a notary signs and stamps your will in New Jersey, this makes it ?self-proving.? This means the Surrogate will not need to take any additional actions to prove the will is authentic.