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    Judge rules that spouse has authority to remove partner's life support if there's no directive

    by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Mar 12, 2018 3 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has ruled that a spouse in California is the presumptive health care decision-maker when the partner is in a persistent vegetative state.

    Ruling in the case of a San Gabriel Valley man, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mary Thornton House said that in the event that there is no advance directive for someone in a vegetative state, their partner can decide for them. California

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