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West Virginia Living Will Form

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Updated October 17, 2024

A West Virginia living will is a declaration that states a person's desire to die a natural death and instructs physicians to withhold life-sustaining treatment. This is used only if the declarant becomes unable to communicate and develops an incurable condition.

State Definition

“Living will” means a written, witnessed advance directive governing the withholding or withdrawing of life-prolonging intervention, voluntarily executed by a person in accordance with the requirements of § 16-30-4 of this code.[2]

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Sources

  1. § 16-30-4(a)
  2. § 16-30-3(n)