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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13-712" title_number="13" title_name="Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults" subtitle_number="7">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The court may approve a request for the withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining procedure from a disabled person on the basis of a substituted judgment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The court may make a substituted judgment under subsection (a) of this section only on the basis of clear and convincing evidence that the disabled person would, if competent, decide to withhold or withdraw a life-sustaining procedure under the circumstances.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Evidence of the intentions or wishes of the disabled person regarding the withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining procedure that might otherwise be inadmissible may be admitted, in the discretion of the court, if it is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Material and probative; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The best evidence available.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
