Future Planning & Estate Help for New England Veterans

If a doctor says you can no longer manage your own money, the VA can appoint someone you trust — called a fiduciary — to handle just your VA benefit payments for you. Worth understanding before you ever need it.

Plain VA guidance on choosing who gets your VA life insurance money — a person, your estate, a trust, or a funeral home — and the one common mistake to avoid (naming a minor grandchild directly).

New Hampshire's official advance directive forms in one place — the paperwork that names someone to make medical decisions for you (a health care power of attorney) and spells out your wishes (a living will) if you ever can't speak for yourself.

The NH courts' own explanation of guardianship — what happens if no one is legally able to make decisions for you — and why setting up a power of attorney or advance directive ahead of time can mean you never need a guardian at all.

This New Hampshire nonprofit's lawyers and law students say one of the most common reasons veterans reach out is help with wills, estates, power of attorney, and guardianship — matched free or low-cost to a real attorney.

A free, plain-language guide from the American Bar Association explaining what a will actually does, what happens if you don't have one, and basic terms like executor, probate, and power of attorney.