Matter of Tavel

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• providing that an attorney ad litem has “great latitude” to determine the legal position to take in the best interests of the incompetent person
• requiring clear and convincing evidence that ward would reject life-sustaining feeding tube if competent
• requiring clear and convincing evidence that ward would reject life-sustaining feeding tube if competent
• presumption of testamentary capacity may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence
• using synopsis to clarify statutory meaning

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).