2011 California Code
Probate Code
DIVISION 4.7. HEALTH CARE DECISIONS [4600 - 4806]
ARTICLE 3. Revocation of Advance Directives
Section 4697
(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.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
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