When beginning the process of estate planning or learning about elder law, you will likely read about diminished capacity or the legal protections that may be needed if an individual is incapacitated.

An airline pilot on a flight operating as American Eagle became incapacitated during a flight from Chicago and later died. [Shutterstock] An airline pilot died after becoming incapacitated during a ...

Sometimes people going through divorce lack decision-making capacity. At times, the lack of decision-making capacity is the cause of the divorce. Other times, the incapacity occurred long before or ...

In Michigan, the Estates and Protected Individuals Code (EPIC) authorizes the probate court to appoint a guardian for a person who is unable to make informed medical decisions, after the court takes ...

On the news that President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus, some are pondering a morbid question – what happens if a candidate withdraws, is incapacitated or dies before the ...

An off-duty pilot flying as a passenger helped take control of a Southwest jet after the captain was “incapacitated” by a medical emergency. Flight 6013 took off from Las Vegas just after 6:30 a.m.