California Surrogate Decision-Maker (Probate Code 4711, 4712)
Finds who decides for a California patient without capacity under Probate Code 4711 and 4712, and never ranks the family.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Surrogate the patient named
- No
- Advance directive or power of attorney agent
- No
- Conservator or guardian with health care authority
- No
- Spouse or domestic partner
- Yes
- Adult child
- Yes
- Adult sibling
- Yes
Result: No 4712(a) decisionmaker: the spouse, an adult child, and a sibling are all eligible, and the list is not ranked.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Surrogate the patient named (4711)
- Advance directive or power of attorney agent
- Conservator or guardian with health care authority
- Spouse or domestic partner
- Adult child
- Parent
- Adult sibling
- Adult grandchild
- Adult relative or close personal friend
How this is calculated
Cal. Probate Code 4711 and 4712 (as amended and added by AB 2338, Stats. 2022, ch. 782) and 4715. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.