Probate Code section 4656

Death resulting from withholding or withdrawing health care in accordance with this division does not for any purpose constitute a suicide or homicide or legally impair or invalidate a policy of insurance or an annuity providing a death benefit, notwithstanding any term of the policy or annuity to the contrary.

Source: Section 4656, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4656. (updated Jan. 1, 2000; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_4656

Original Source: Section 4656, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4656. (last accessed May 12, 2025).