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Cal. Prob. Code § 4697

Revocation of Advance Directives

Known as the Health Care Decisions Law

The act spans §§ 4600–4806 (113 sections).

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39

(a) If after executing a power of attorney for health care the principal’s marriage to the agent is dissolved or annulled, the principal’s designation of the former spouse as an agent to make health care decisions for the principal is revoked.

(b) If the agent’s authority is revoked solely by subdivision (a), it is revived by the principal’s remarriage to the agent.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.