2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-580c. Probate Court to resolve disputes re provisions concerning withholding or removal of life support system.
Sec. 19a-580c. Probate Court to resolve disputes re provisions concerning
withholding or removal of life support system. The probate court for the district in
which the person is domiciled or is located at the time of the dispute shall have jurisdiction over any dispute concerning the meaning or application of any provision of sections
19a-570, 19a-571, 19a-573 and 19a-575 to 19a-580c, inclusive. With respect to any
communication of a patient's wishes other than by means of a document executed in
accordance with section 19a-575a the court shall consider whether there is clear and
convincing evidence of such communication.
History: P.A. 93-407 added references to Sec. 19a-575a.
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