(January 5, 2018, 2:59 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County probate court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing a petition regarding whether a friend should be named as a primary health care agent in an individual’s advance health care directive because the probate court lacked the authority to appoint a health care agent to act on the individual’s behalf, the Second District California Court of Appeal said Jan. 2 (Manuela Herzer v. Sumner Redstone, No. B276191, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 8, 2018 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 5)....