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Supported Decision-Making is part of Arizona's newest legislation. It is a process of supporting and accommodating an adult to enable the adult to make life decisions, including decisions related to where the adult wants to live, services available to the adult, support and medical care the adult wants to receive, whom the adult wants to live with, and where the adult wants to work, without impeding the adult's self-determination.
Please feel free to read the Support Decision-Making Arizona statute below:
A. An adult, without undue influence or coercion, may voluntarily enter into a supported decision-making agreement with a supporter under which the adult authorizes the supporter to do any or all of the following:
B. A supporter is not a surrogate decision-maker for the adult and does not have the authority to sign legal documents on behalf of the adult or bind the adult to a legal agreement.
C. The supported decision-making agreement shall set forth the rights, roles, duties, limitations and obligations of both the adult and the supporter who are entering into the agreement.
D. If the supporter intimidates or deceives the adult in procuring the supported decision-making agreement or any authority provided in the supported decision-making agreement, the supporter may be subject to criminal prosecution and civil penalties as otherwise provided by law.
E. The supporter may not receive compensation as a result of the supporter's duties under a supported decision-making agreement. The supporter shall act without self-interest and shall avoid conflicts of interest.
F. A supported decision-making agreement must be signed by the adult and the supporter in the presence of two or more subscribing witnesses, who must be at least eighteen years of age, or a notary public, and the signature process is subject to the following requirements:
G. A supported decision-making agreement extends until:
H. The supported decision-making agreement shall be in substantially the following form:
Supported decision-making Agreement.
Please click HERE to download a sample Supported Decision-Making Agreement.
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