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Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Form
Appoints an agent, records treatment preferences, and optionally nominates a guardian; each completed part works as directed by the form.
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Georgia · PDF
Georgia Statutory Durable Financial Power of Attorney Form
Financial powers selected in the statutory form; durable and immediate unless special instructions provide otherwise. Medical decision-making is excluded.
Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.
Georgia has a statutory financial POA and a separate advance directive for health care. The financial listing uses the DHS July 2018 packet hosted by Georgia Memory Net; the health care packet is published by the Division of Aging Services. Each listing identifies the actual form within its longer instructions.
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| Purpose | Form and guide | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Financial and property matters | Georgia Statutory Durable Financial Power of Attorney Form | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
| Health care decisions | Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Form | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
Use each form page for the complete document, the named publisher and its instructions. A financial appointment and a health care appointment serve different purposes.
Compare the signing arrangements
Financial and property matters: Principal signs in the presence of a competent witness and a separate notary or other authorized attesting officer. Neither the witness nor the attesting officer may be named as agent..
Health care decisions: Sign and date with two qualified adult witnesses. Notarization is not required. Witness eligibility restrictions appear in Part Four..
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Discuss the role with your proposed agent and any successor. Read every page before signing, including notices, special powers, treatment choices and agent acknowledgments. Keep the instructions with the form, and give complete copies to the people or institutions that will rely on it.
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Sources and verification
- Georgia DHS Division of Aging Services, hosted by Georgia Memory Net: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Georgia Code §10-6B-5 — current execution provision (opens in a new tab)
- Georgia Memory Net — DHS-sponsored, Emory-managed program (opens in a new tab)
- Georgia DHS Division of Aging Services: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Direct PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Georgia Attorney General — advance directives (opens in a new tab)
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