Across

1. A major reason people plan their estates while living.
2. The signer must understand what they're signing.
3. Common venue for estate planning signings.
5. What a notary is alert to when screening signers.
7. Signers must act without pressure.
8. What a well-designed plan is tailored to reflect.
10. Short for the document naming who makes medical decisions if you can't.
11. Estate tool that can hold assets while you're alive.
16. A group often completing wills and POAs.
19. Professional who travels to the signer's location.
21. A directive that spells out end-of-life care preferences.
23. The feeling clients want when their plans are documented.
24. The impression affixed to complete a notarial certificate.
26. Person who manages the trust's assets.
27. When documents are executed during a medical stay.

Down

1. Umbrella term for instructions about your future health care.
4. A solemn, non-religious alternative to an oath.
6. Requirement before any signatures are notarized.
9. Additional people who may need to sign certain documents.
12. The person a trust is meant to benefit.
13. Residence where witnesses may be required by policy.
14. When a signer declares a signature is theirs.
15. Where notaries record key details of the act.
17. What makes a trust's signatures officially acknowledged.
18. Core anti-fraud step before any notarization.
20. A sworn promise sometimes required with affidavits.
22. The person who creates and funds a trust.
25. Notarial act where the signer swears and signs in front of the notary.