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145B.09 REVOCATION.
    Subdivision 1. General. A living will under this chapter may be revoked in whole or in part
at any time and in any manner by the declarant, without regard to the declarant's physical or
mental condition. A revocation is effective when the declarant communicates it to the attending
physician or other health care provider. The attending physician or other health care provider shall
note the revocation as part of the declarant's medical record.
    Subd. 2. Effect of marriage dissolution or annulment on designation of proxy. Unless
a living will under this chapter expressly provides otherwise, if after executing a living will
the declarant's marriage is dissolved or annulled, the dissolution or annulment revokes any
designation of the former spouse as a proxy to make health care decisions for the declarant.
History: 1989 c 3 s 9; 1991 c 148 s 6

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