{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"739","citation":"Civ. Code, § 739","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL [654. - 749.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 2. OWNERSHIP [669. - 742.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Termination of Ownership [739. - 742.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-2/chapter-4"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A future interest, depending on the contingency of the death of any person without successors, heirs, issue, or children, is defeated by the birth of a posthumous child of such person, capable of taking by succession.</p>","text":"A future interest, depending on the contingency of the death of any person without successors, heirs, issue, or children, is defeated by the birth of a posthumous child of such person, capable of taking by succession.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/termination-of-ownership-739","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}