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Less than an hour before a court order to keep a brain dead California teenager on a ventilator was set to expire, a judge extended the girl's life support until Jan. 7, according to Omari Sealy, the girl's uncle.

The family of Jahi McMath, 13, who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery, said today they plan to sue to keep her on life support just as the initial court order to keep the girl hooked up to a ventilator was set to run out at 5 p.m. PT today.

Jahi was declared brain dead following a surgery to remove her tonsils and adenoids on Dec. 9.

Despite multiple doctors agreeing the teen is brain dead, her family has battled the Children's Hospital Oakland to keep her alive.

McMath's family has scrambled to find a place to take the teen but said they have been rejected by several facilities.