Question 1: A LIVING WILL is a document specifying that your doctor can terminate any life support systems for you in the event that you are being kept alive solely by those systems. This program will allow you to write a document that insures that the support systems won't be terminated unless two doctors have concurred with the diagnosis. You should use this document carefully. In many states, a document such as this one is only viable legally if you have been diagnosed with a terminal illness at the time it is signed. Thus, if you wish to have this document generally available, you should check with your attorney to see what the law is where you live. Note also that you need to be of sound mind in order for this to be of any effect. Two witnesses generally should be used so they can later be called upon to answer questions concerning your mental state when you signed this. Question 2: You need to enter your full name so that it is clear who is executing this document. If you have been generally known by a name other than your legal one, then enter your legal name followed by the letters "aka" and the other name. For example, "John Patrick McLaughlin aka Sean McLaughlin." Question 3: This question is asked so that the right pronouns will be used throughout the document. Question 4: Please enter the City or Town where you live. If you do not live in a City or Town, enter the description used by the mail service. Question 5: Some people do not live in a County or Parish. You need to answer this question in the affirmative if you do live in one. The next question will allow you to identify the name of the County or Parish. Question 6: Here, you should enter the name of the County or Parish where you live. This can be "Butte County" or the "Parish of Province." Question 7: Here, the State or Territory where you live should be entered. This can be done by simply entering "California," or by entering the "Territory of Puerto Rico." Question 8: This is the first of three questions which allow you to identify the date. The date that this document is written is very important. You can choose later to have the document automatically terminate at the end of a certain number of years in which case you need to enter a starting date. Question 9: Here, enter the month when the Living Will is executed. Question 10: Here, please enter the year that this Living Will is executed. Question 11: You can have one or two physicians responsible to make the decision regarding your life-sustaining equipment. Obviously, choosing to have two physicians make this decision will insure that before anything is done in this regard there is a second opinion. Question 12: It may seem like a good idea now to terminate life sustaining equipment if you are terminal, but such an idea may not be viable if you are pregnant. Obviously, at that time you also need to consider the needs of your unborn child. Answering this question in the affirmative will ensure that this document is not used should you be pregnant. Question 13: Many states do not allow the use of Living Will such as this one. However, the likelihood that it will be legal is greatly increased if at the time it is executed you have been diagnosed as having a terminal condition and a couple of weeks have passed since the diagnosis to allow you to think things over. Question 14: Please enter the name of the physician who made the diagnosis, for example, Dr. David Potter, M.D. Question 15: Please enter the full address (including the City or Town and the State or Territory) of the doctor who made the diagnosis that you have a terminal condition. Question 16: In addition to the address of the doctor who you named in answer to question 14, you can enter his or her phone number. Question 17: Please enter the phone number of the doctor you have named in answer to question 14. Question 18: You can specify that this document will automatically terminate after a certain number of years if you wish. In some states, a Living Will is automatically terminated after five years particularly where you were diagnosed with a terminal illness but have not died. Please check with your local attorney to understand the law in your State or Territory. Question 19: If you have chosen to have this document automatically terminate in a certain number of years, please enter the number of years here. Question 20: You can have the program automatically enter the names of your witnesses if you know who they will be. Please do not use anyone as a witness who is otherwise named in the agreement. Also, it is a good idea not to use family members as witnesses to ensure that the witnesses are not biased. Question 21: Please enter the name of the first witness. Question 22: Please enter the name of the second witness. Question 23: The questions are now complete. You can go back to any question if you wish by pressing "escape", or you can continue with the program. Now that the questions are completed, the program will allow you to preview the document, write it to a disk file for editing further or print it. Note that it will be automatically saved so you can review or print it later.