{"code":"PROB","codeName":"Probate Code","section":"103","citation":"Prob. Code, § 103","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS [100. - 890.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. EFFECT OF DEATH OF MARRIED PERSON ON COMMUNITY AND QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY [100. - 105.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-2/part-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 81.   (SB 1005)   Effective January 1, 2017.","effective":"2017-01-01","html":"<p>Except as provided by Section <a href=\"/prob/224\">224</a>, if spouses die leaving community or quasi-community property and it cannot be established by clear and convincing evidence that one spouse survived the other:</p><p>(a) One-half of the community property and one-half of the quasi-community property shall be administered or distributed, or otherwise dealt with, as if one spouse had survived and as if that one-half belonged to that spouse.</p><p>(b) The other one-half of the community property and the other one-half of the quasi-community property shall be administered or distributed, or otherwise dealt with, as if the other spouse had survived and as if that one-half belonged to that spouse.</p>","text":"Except as provided by Section 224, if spouses die leaving community or quasi-community property and it cannot be established by clear and convincing evidence that one spouse survived the other: (a) One-half of the community property and one-half of the quasi-community property shall be administered or distributed, or otherwise dealt with, as if one spouse had survived and as if that one-half belonged to that spouse. (b) The other one-half of the community property and the other one-half of the quasi-community property shall be administered or distributed, or otherwise dealt with, as if the other spouse had survived and as if that one-half belonged to that spouse.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/effect-of-death-of-married-person-on-community-and-quasi-103","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}