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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First time going through this process. Veteran parents - did you have a medial power of attorney done before you dc went to college?  Any other legal matters that should be taken care of before my dc goes to college in the fall?  Also, DC will not have a car at school-should I take DC off auto insurance during school months (need to save $ wherever we can).[/quote]

ABSOLUTELY get a medical power of attorney!! We did this at school via a form we signed. We did not use an attorney. You can also download a form from one of those free law sites. I have it in my files, and DC has a copy at school.

FACT: A friend's child got into a terrible car accident freshman year, was in a coma. Dad was attorney so they had medical power of attorney. If they hadn't had that document, the parents would have had no say in their child's treatment.

GET IT!! I'm doing it for all of our children before freshman year. God-willing you will never need it. I learned about this on DCUM from another parent who didn't have one and their child was knocked out playing a sport at college and was in a coma. They had to go to court to get control over their child's medical treatment. Without the document, the doctors would have had complete control over their child's treatment.[/quote]

There's no harm in getting a durable power of attorney, but let's not scare people and overstate things.

My sister was in a medically induced coma in a local hospital, and we were able to get info from doctors and nurses and make decisions (no more of X meds, let's try to wake her up, let's hold off on the tracheotomy, etc.). Her husband was MIA, and I was essentially acting as the decisionmaker.

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