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Living will form (Personal directive), Honoring Choices Massachusetts. "Even though the Personal Directive or any Living Will in MA is not legally binding on your doctors, it gives all your care providers clear evidence of what you want and do not want for care."

No. Massachusetts is one of only a handful of states that do not allow legally binding living wills. If you write a living will in Massachusetts, your doctors are not legally obligated to follow your wishes. However, a living will can help health care providers and the courts make decisions about your medical care.

Massachusetts law does not recognize living wills- instead, you can draft and sign a health care proxy, giving a trusted individual the authority to make medical decisions on your behalf. You can, and should, give that person as much information as you can about what you want.

A healthcare proxy form lets you name someone to make decisions about your medical care ? including decisions about life support ? if you can no longer speak for yourself. The document appoints someone to speak for you any time you are unable to make your own medical decisions, not only at the end of life.

In order for your Will to be valid in Massachusetts, you must be competent, over the age of 18, and have signed a written Will in the presence of two witnesses.

Yes, you can make your own will in Massachusetts. If you know what property you have and who you want to give it to, you are ready to make a will. You do not need an attorney to draft the will. However, you want certainty your will fulfills your intentions and is legally valid.