Make your Free New Hampshire Living Will

A New Hampshire Living Will is a legal document that lays out your wishes related to medical care, such as your request for or refusal of medical treatment, along with the (optional) naming of a trusted healthcare decision maker.

The person making a Living Will is known as the "principal," and the individuals or entities gaining permission to carry out the principal's wishes are known as "agents." Suited for residents of New Hampshire, this free Living Will is made for use in Merrimack County, Hillsborough County, Rockingham County, and in every other county in the state. Any New Hampshire Living Will form from Rocket Lawyer can be personalized for your specific circumstances. Creating this essential legal document will provide a record of your decisions to healthcare institutions, and it will certify that your selected agent has been authorized to act in your interest when you are not able.

It is very easy to document your medical preferences with a free New Hampshire Living Will template from Rocket Lawyer:

1. Make your Living Will - Provide a few details, and we will do the rest
2. Send or share - Review your wishes with your healthcare agent or get legal help
3. Sign and make it legal - Required or not, notarization and witnesses are recommended

This solution is often going to be notably less expensive and less time-consuming than hiring and working with a conventional provider. If needed, you can fill out this Living Will on behalf of your spouse, an elderly parent, or another relative, and then have that person sign it when ready. Please note that for this document to be accepted as valid, the principal must be a mentally competent adult when they sign. If the principal has already been declared incompetent, a court-appointed conservatorship may be required. When dealing with this situation, it's important for you to connect with a lawyer.

Every person over 18 years old should have a Living Will. Although it may be tough to acknowledge, a day will likely come when you can no longer make your own healthcare decisions. Here are some typical circumstances where it would be helpful to make or update your Living Will:

• You are aging or have declining health
• You have plans to live in a residential care facility
• You are facing the possibility of surgery or hospitalization
• You've been diagnosed with a terminal condition

Regardless of whether your New Hampshire Living Will is being drafted as part of a forward-looking plan or produced in response to a change in your health, notarization and/or witnesses are highly encouraged for protecting your document if a third party questions its authenticity.

Making a Living Will is typically simple, but you or your agent may need advice. Getting someone to provide feedback on your Living Will could take a long time if you try to do it alone. An alternate approach would be to request help from the On Call network of attorneys. Rocket Lawyer members can ask for feedback from an experienced attorney or pose additional questions. As always, you can be confident that Rocket Lawyer is here by your side.

The cost of hiring a legal provider to draft a Living Will can total between two hundred and one thousand dollars, depending on where you are. Rocket Lawyer is not your average Living Will template website. With our service, anyone under a Rocket Lawyer membership can take advantage of up to 40% in savings when hiring an attorney from our On Call network.

When you've made this customized Living Will form using Rocket Lawyer, you will be able to retrieve it from your account anytime, anywhere. You are encouraged to take any or all of the following actions related to your document: editing it, downloading it, or signing it. Each New Hampshire Living Will form has its own checklist of instructions on what's next with regard to finalizing the document. You should give a copy of the fully signed document to your agent(s), care providers, and other impacted parties.

The laws vary in each state; however, in New Hampshire, your Living Will must be signed by a notary public or two witnesses. Witnesses to a Living Will shouldn't be your attending physician or anyone who is acting under your physician's direction. At least one witness must not be your health or residential care provider or such provider's employee. Your spouse and other heirs/beneficiaries should also be excluded. As a general standard, your witnesses should not be under the age of 18, and none of them should simultaneously be acting as your healthcare agent.

New Hampshire Living Will Laws: N.H. Rev. Stat. § 137-J:14, 19, 20