HUMBOLDT COUNTY ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. A145981.

4 Cal.App.5th 548 (2016)

HUMBOLDT COUNTY ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Defendant and Respondent; JUDITH C. MAGNEY, Real Party in Interest and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

Filed October 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harland Law Firm and Allison G. Jackson for Real Party in Interest and Appellant.

Jeffery S. Blanck , County Counsel, and Blair Angus , Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The Health Care Decisions Law (Prob. Code, § 4600 et seq.)1 recognizes and protects the "fundamental right" of adults to control decisions concerning their own health care, "including the decision to have life-sustaining treatment withheld or withdrawn...

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