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Advance Directive / Living Will review

Advance directive / living will under state advance-directive statutes (e.g., CA Prob. § 4670; NY Pub. Health § 2980). Execution formalities cannot be verified from text alone.

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What it checks

Declarant identification + capacity recital

Advance directive must identify the declarant and recite competence at execution.

Critical · EST-017

End-of-life treatment preferences

Living will must state end-of-life treatment preferences (life-sustaining treatment, artificial nutrition / hydration).

Critical · EST-018

Pain management / comfort care directive

Advance directive should address pain management / comfort care preferences.

Warning · EST-019

Organ donation / anatomical gift

Advance directive should address organ-donation / anatomical-gift preferences.

Warning · EST-020

Witness requirements + notarial acknowledgment

Advance directive must include execution block with witnesses (and notarization where required).

Critical · EST-021

Effective-date / triggering condition

Advance directive must state when it becomes effective (incapacity / terminal condition).

Critical · EST-022

Revocation method

Advance directive should describe how it may be revoked (writing / oral statement / destruction).

Warning · EST-023

Execution formalities cannot be verified from text alone

States on every trust, estate and family-law analysis that execution formalities (witnesses, notary, holographic and other state-specific requirements) cannot be verified from the document's text.

Note · EST-060

Every run also applies 114 general checks that belong to any agreement: structure, parties and signatures, defined terms, cross-references, dates, amounts, and one-sided terms.

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