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To successfully pursue a will contest you must have legal standing, which generally means you have a personal interest in the outcome of the case as an heir at law or as a named beneficiary of an estate planning device.

Living Wills Arkansas law says that any person of sound mind and who is 18 years of age or older can make a declaration or statement that will tell a physician and the person's family what he wants done in his medical treatment if he becomes terminally ill or permanently unconscious.

The most common types of advance directives are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care (sometimes known as the medical power of attorney). There are many advance directive formats.

Living will. A living will is a written, legal document that spells out medical treatments you would and would not want to be used to keep you alive, as well as your preferences for other medical decisions, such as pain management or organ donation.

An Arkansas advance directive allows a person to articulate their preferences for medical treatment and choose someone to make health care decisions on their behalf. The form is used as a guide for a hospital on how to treat someone in the chance they should become permanently incapacitated with no possible cure.

The requirements vary by state; however, in Arkansas, your document requires the signatures of two witnesses or a notary public. At least one witness to this Living Will must be someone who is not a relative, spouse, adoptee, heir, or any other beneficiary.