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List of Forms by Chapter - Chapter 1 — Power of Attorney for Property
- Chapter Summary
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I. [1.1] Introduction: The Illinois Power of Attorney Act - II. Power of Attorney for Property
- [1.8] Discussion
- [1.9] Reasonable and Unreasonable Causes for Third Parties To Refuse To Honor a Power of Attorney for Property
- [1.10] Form: Power of Attorney for Property
- [1.11] Form: Agent’s Certification and Acceptance of Authority
- [1.12] Form: Successor Agent’s Certification and Acceptance of Authority
- [1.13] Form: Co-Agent’s Certification and Acceptance of Authority
- Chapter 2 — Illinois Health Care Decisions
- Chapter Summary
- I. [2.1] Introduction: Illinois Health Care Decisions
- II. Power of Attorney for Health Care
- [2.5] Discussion
- Form and Alternative Provisions
- [2.6] Form: Power of Attorney for Health Care
- [2.7] Alternative Provision: Autopsy
- [2.8] Alternative Provision: Life-Sustaining Treatment
- [2.9] Alternative Provision: Anatomical Gifts
- [2.10] Alternative Provision: Providing Authorization for Use and Release of Medical Information to the Agent Before a Physician Determines Ability To Make Decisions
- [2.11] Alternative Provisions: Additional Powers That May Be Helpful for an Agent of a Principal Who May Be in a Long-Term Care Situation
- III. Certification and Acceptance of Authority
- IV. Living Will
- V. Authorization for Use and Release of Medical Information
- VI. Practitioner Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Form
- VII. Anatomical Gifts
- [2.21] Discussion
- [2.22] Who May Make an Anatomical Gift?
- [2.23] What May Be Given?
- [2.24] Who May Authorize an Anatomical Gift?
- [2.25] Methods of Making an Anatomical Gift
- [2.26] Driver’s License
- [2.27] Will
- [2.28] Separate Document or Donor Registry
- [2.29] Power of Attorney for Health Care
- [2.30] First Person Consent Registry
- [2.31] Family’s Consent
- [2.32] Methods of Revocation or Amendment of Anatomical Gift
- [2.33] Direction That No Anatomical Gift Be Made
- Forms and Alternative Provisions
- [2.34] Alternative Provision: Direction To Make an Anatomical Gift in a Will
- [2.35] Form: Separate Direction To Make an Anatomical Gift
- [2.36] Alternative Provision: Notice of Inclusion in First Person Consent Organ and Tissue Donor Registry To Be Inserted in Statutory Power of Attorney for Health Care
- [2.37] Form: Separate Direction That No Anatomical Gift Be Made
- VIII. Disposition of Remains
- IX. Declaration for Mental Health Treatment
- X. Supported Decision-Making Agreement Act
- Susan T. Bart
Susan T. Bart
Susan T. Bart is a partner in the Private Clients, Trusts & Estates Group of the Chicago office of ArentFox Schiff LLP. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC), former Chair of its Estate & Gift Tax Committee, and former regent and Illinois state Chair. Bart was the Reporter of the Uniform Trust Decanting Act, which has been enacted in a number of states. She has also been active in Illinois trust law legislation, including as Cochair of the drafting committee for the Illinois Trust Code. Bart was inducted into the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC) Hall of Fame in 2025. She received her B.A. with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, from Grinnell College and her J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the University of Michigan Law School.
- Ben A. Neiburger
Ben A. Neiburger
Ben A. Neiburger is a Founder of Generation Law in Elmhurst, where he concentrates his practice on estate planning and elder law. He is a member of the national Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and he has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer in Elder Law (2007, 2009 – present) and as IICLE®’s Volunteer of the Year (2010). Neiburger served as Chair of IICLE®’s Board of Directors in 2018. He is also a CPA. Neiburger received his B.S. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Neiburger is an avid triathlete competing in races across the globe. So far, he has raced 5 of the 10 most difficult “extreme” triathlons in the world (finishing 3 of them, and he didn’t die). In 2025 he competed in a 3000-mile bike race while his team raised more than $250,000 for charity. He spends time during these races ruminating about the application of powers of attorney if something should happen.
Estate Planning Forms and Commentary: Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives 2026 Edition
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