California Advance Health Care Directive
Decide today who will speak for you tomorrow. The California Advance Health Care Directive (Probate Code §4701) lets you name a trusted health care agent, state your own treatment wishes, and make your choices about organ donation — all in one legally recognized document.
Answer a few guided questions and your completed directive, drafted by a disability-law attorney with 30 years of experience, is emailed to you as a PDF within seconds — ready to print and sign in California.
$89 — Complete Directive
Name Your Health Care Agent
Choose who makes medical decisions for you if you can't — plus an optional alternate agent as backup.
State Your Wishes
End-of-life choices, pain relief, organ donation, and any personal instructions, in your own words.
California Law, Built In
Follows the statutory form in Probate Code §4701, including witness and notary requirements.
Done in About 5 Minutes
Guided questions in plain English. Your finished PDF arrives by email, ready to sign.
What Your Directive Covers
- Power of Attorney for Health Care (Part 1)
- Optional alternate agent designation
- When your agent's authority takes effect
- Limits you place on your agent's authority
- End-of-life treatment instructions (Part 2)
- Pain relief preferences
- Organ, tissue, and part donation choices (Part 3)
- Primary physician designation (Part 4)
- Witness statements and notary acknowledgment
- Skilled-nursing patient advocate statement