Every person over the age of eighteen should have a Will (or Living Trust), Power of Attorney, and Medical Directive. Your Estate Plan is your way to stay in control no matter what happens to you. Although you may not own very much, you should still have a Will so you get to decide what happens to your property when you pass away. Georgia law has default settings in place (intestate law) which will decide for you what happens if you pass away without a Will. Most people want their property to go to people other than those who would get it under the default rules. The amount of property you own impacts how complex of a Will you should have rather than whether you should have one at all. Your Power of Attorney and Medical Directives are the documents which allow you to appoint someone to make financial and medical decisions for you when you can’t make them yourself. This means if you were in a car accident, in surgery, in a coma, or had Alzheimer’s, these documents would allow someone else to make your financial and medical decisions for you because you couldn’t make them yourself. So many people have Wills and think they are taken care of, but don’t have the Power of Attorney or Medical Directive in place. All three documents work together to keep you in control no matter what happens, and the Power of Attorney and Medical Directive are just as important as the Will.