O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 31-32-3 (2019)
Savings clause for existing living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to, affect, or invalidate a living will or durable power of attorney for health care executed prior to July 1, 2007, to which the provisions of former Chapter 32 or Chapter 36 of this title shall continue to apply, nor shall it affect any claim, right, or remedy that accrued prior to July 1, 2007.
History
Code 1981, § 31-32-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 2/HB 24.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1996–1996 · leading case: Edwards v. Shumate, 468 S.E.2d 23 (Ga. 1996).
Edwards v. Shumate, 468 S.E.2d 23 (Ga. 1996). “6 See OCGA § 31-32-3 (living will must be signed by declarant in presence of two witnesses who, among other requirements, would not be entitled to any portion of the declarant’s estate); OCGA § 31-32-4 (if living will is executed in hospital or skilled nursing facility, patient…”
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