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MY SISTER HAS A LIVING WILL THAT WAS SIGNED IN OHIO AND WITNESSED BY 2 PEOPLE SO THE WILL IS VALID IN OHIO, BUT SHE RESIDED IN WV WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN AND IT WAS NOT NOTARIZED AND WV LAW SATES IT MUST BE NOTARIZED, I AM HERE MPOA AND SHE IS IN A PERSISTANT VEGITATIVE STATE AND HAS A TRACHEOSTOMY AND TUBE FEEDING AND SHE STATES IN HER LIVING WILL THAT SHE WANTS TO BE KEPT ALIVE BY ALL MEANS. AS HER MPOA CAN I OVERRIDE THIS IN OHIO? WHAT ARE MY OBLIGATIONS AS HER MPOA IN THE STATE OF OHIO? OUR ENTIRE FAMILY WANTS HER PEG TUBE FEEDING STOPPED. SHE IS 35 YEARS OLD AND THERE IS NO CHANCE OF HER RECOVERING. SHE WENT INTO A HYPERTHYROID STORM AND NOW SHE IS IN A VEGITATIVE STATE. THIS EVENT HAPPENED JANUARY 13,2008. CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME ADVICE????PLEASE. I AM BEING TOLD THAT BASICALLY I AM POWERLESS EVEN THOUGH I AM HER MPOA BECAUSE OF HER LIVING WILL.   KIMBERLY GOUGE XXX-XXX-XXXX

 

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WE HAVE PROVEN HER LIVING WILL WAS NOT VALID IN WV, NOW THE LAWYERS ARE SAYING IT IS VALID IN OHIO, WE HAVE TRIED TO GET DOCTOR'S TO LOOK AT HER QUALITY OF LIFE AND HONOR THE FAMILIES WISHES

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CAN I AS HER MPOA OVERRIDE IT? WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS AS HER MPOA?
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