ESTATE PLANNING & WEALTH STRUCTURING

Living Wills

AT A GLANCE

WHAT IT IS: An Advance Medical Directive recording your wishes on life-sustaining treatment, should you become terminally ill and unable to say so.
WHEN YOU NEED IT: To keep that decision yours, and spare your family from having to make it. The Supreme Court has recognised these directives since 2018.
WHAT WE DO: We draft the directive, name your healthcare representatives, and see it executed with the safeguards the Supreme Court prescribes.

See the tiers and fees ↓

THE LAW IN FULL

Living Wills under Indian law: the statutes, the requirements and the documents you will need.

About 2 minutes to read

Read in detail

VIDEO — LIVING WILLS EXPLAINED

FEES

Living Wills, in four tiers

Each tier includes everything in the one before it. Anything from a higher tier can be added to yours, and the fee below moves with it.

Vetted by lawyersEvery document, by a practising advocate
₹5,000Private consultationIncluded when you commission a service
24 hrsComplex mattersA considered view within a day
Fees agreed firstBefore any work begins

	Essential	Family	Legacy	Bespoke
THE SERVICE
Your advance medical directive, drafted to the Supreme Court's guidelines	Essential: included; Family: included; Legacy: included; Bespoke: included
Private consultations with your advocateBy video, ₹5,000 each otherwise.	Essential: 1; Family: 1; Legacy: 2; Bespoke: Unlimited
Living wills for both spouses	Essential: can be added; Family: included; Legacy: included; Bespoke: included
Briefing for your decision-makersThe person you name, and your family, taken through your wishes.	Essential: can be added; Family: included; Legacy: included; Bespoke: included
Attestation and lodgingAttested as the guidelines require, and lodged with the custodian.	Essential: can be added; Family: can be added; Legacy: included; Bespoke: included
Copies with your hospital and doctor	Essential: can be added; Family: can be added; Legacy: included; Bespoke: included
Annual review	Essential: can be added; Family: can be added; Legacy: included; Bespoke: included
Signed abroadSigned before an Indian embassy or with an apostille abroad, and made good in India.	Essential: can be added; Family: can be added; Legacy: can be added; Bespoke: included
PRIVATE CLIENT CARE
Safe custody and after-life assistanceWe hold your originals and act for your heirs when the time comes.	Essential: by subscription; Family: by subscription; Legacy: by subscription; Bespoke: by subscription
Private client serviceA named senior advocate, priority handling and visits at home.	Essential: not offered; Family: not offered; Legacy: can be added; Bespoke: included

THE SERVICE

Your advance medical directive, drafted to the Supreme Court's guidelinesIncluded
Private consultations with your advocate1
Living wills for both spousesAdd-on
Briefing for your decision-makersAdd-on
Attestation and lodgingAdd-on
Copies with your hospital and doctorAdd-on
Annual reviewAdd-on
Signed abroadAdd-on

PRIVATE CLIENT CARE

Safe custody and after-life assistanceSubscription
Private client serviceNot included

WHY RITEWILL

Why people come to us

Advocate reviewed

Every document is checked by a practising advocate before it reaches you. Nothing goes out on software alone.

Built for Indian law

Succession here turns on personal law, state procedure and the Indian Succession Act. That is what we are built around.

Plain answers first

We tell you what you actually need, and what you do not. Often that is less than people expect.

Your papers stay yours

Your documents and details are held in India and are never sold, shared or used to market anything to you.

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