Enduring Guardianships are an excellent estate planning tool that sets out your wishes in relation to your health and lifestyle.

Your loved ones will benefit immensely from seeing your wishes documented in black and white, particularly if they are forced to make difficult end of life decisions for you. Your loved ones will have peace of mind knowing that they are carrying out your wishes, in accordance with your own directions and they are honouring your values.Let me illustrate the benefits of having an enduring guardianship with a case study. Meet Jack. Jack is divorced and appointed his two adult daughters as his joint guardians. Jack was in an accident and sadly there is no hope of recovery. Jack’s daughters are consulted by doctors to make Jack’s end of life decisions. Thankfully, Jack’s daughters are able to be guided by Jack’s wishes as documented in Jack’s enduring guardianship. Jack’s daughters carry out Jack’s wishes in accordance with Jack’s enduring guardianship. The existence of the enduring guardianship gave Jack’s daughters certainty and peace of mind by providing them with the direction they needed to make incredibly difficult decisions about their father’s health during a highly emotional and stressful time.