Probate Code section 4657

A patient is presumed to have the capacity to make a health care decision, to give or revoke an advance health care directive, and to designate or disqualify a surrogate. This presumption is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.

Source: Section 4657, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4657. (updated Jan. 1, 2000; accessed Sep. 14, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_4657

Original Source: Section 4657, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4657. (last accessed May 12, 2025).