Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity

D.C. Code § 7-1531.18 — under Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act..

D.C. Code § 7-1531.18

(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) This subchapter; (2) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or (3) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed. (b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of the District of Columbia governs the interpretation of the document of gift. (c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.