Legal Opinion
Conservatorship of Wendland
California Supreme Court
Decided August 9, 2001No. S087265PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
In this case we consider whether a conservator of the person may withhold artificial nutrition and hydration from a conscious conservatee who is not terminally ill, comatose, or in a persistent vegetative state, and who has not left formal instructions for health care or appointed an agent or surrogate for health care decisions. Interpreting Probate Code section 2355 in light of the relevant provisions of the California Constitution, we conclude a conservator may not withhold artificial nutrition and hydration from such a person absent clear and convincing evidence the…
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