California Probate Code

§ 811

PROB § 811 Effective Jan 1, 1999Div. 2 · Part 17

Statute text

(a)A determination that a person is of unsound mind or lacks the capacity to make a decision or do a certain act, including, but not limited to, the incapacity to contract, to make a conveyance, to marry, to make medical decisions, to execute wills, or to execute trusts, shall be supported by evidence of a deficit in at least one of the following mental functions, subject to subdivision (b), and evidence of a correlation between the deficit or deficits and the decision or acts in question:

(1)Alertness and attention, including, but not limited to, the following:

(A)Level of arousal or consciousness.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 581, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1999.