Alberta does not have living wills. Instead, we have personal directives. You may not be able to make decisions if you suffer a serious:
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injury – like from a car accident 
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illness – like a heart attack or disease 
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A personal directive is a legal document you make in case you can not make your own personal decisions in the future. A personal directive:
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is optional and voluntary 
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names the person or people you have picked to make personal decisions for you – a person you name on the personal directive is called an agent 
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makes sure your written instructions are known in case something happens to you 
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only comes into effect if you are found to lack capacity – that means you are not able to make your own decisions 
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When you make a personal directive, the person or people you pick to be your agent have legal authority to make personal decisions for you. This could be temporary or long term.

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Legal Name Changes
When you are changing your name or your sex, the paperwork is sometimes complicated and very scary. We can go through the Government forms, working through each stage until you have all the i’s dotted and the t’s crossed. We Can Help U can help you fill out the applications with any level of Government to change your name, sex, or order a birth certificate with the sex changed after the transition.
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