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DIVISION 4.7. HEALTH CARE DECISIONS 4600-4806›PART 2. UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT 4670-4743›CHAPTER 1. Advance Health Care Directives 4670-4698›ARTICLE 3. Revocation of Advance Directives 4695-4698

§ 4697

California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(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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