Sometimes people going through divorce lack decision-making capacity. At times, the lack of decision-making capacity is the cause of the divorce. Other times, the incapacity occurred long before or ...

When beginning the process of estate planning or learning about elder law, you will likely read about diminished capacity or the legal protections that may be needed if an individual is incapacitated.

An airline pilot on a flight operating as American Eagle became incapacitated during a flight from Chicago and later died. [Shutterstock] An airline pilot died after becoming incapacitated during a ...

Despite the challenge of decision making for unrepresented patients, few laws or professional organization policy statements offer a solution. Recommendations for how clinicians should handle patients ...

In Michigan, the Estates and Protected Individuals Code (EPIC) authorizes the probate court to appoint a guardian for a person who is unable to make informed medical decisions, after the court takes ...