{"code":"PROB","codeName":"Probate Code","section":"21108","citation":"Prob. Code, § 21108","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 11. CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS, TRUSTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS [21101. - 21700.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-11"},{"name":"PART 1. RULES FOR INTERPRETATION OF INSTRUMENTS [21101. - 21140.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-11/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [21101. - 21118.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-11/part-1/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 138, Sec. 17.   Effective January 1, 2003.","effective":"2003-01-01","html":"<p>The law of this state does not include (a) the common law rule of worthier title that a transferor cannot devise an interest to his or her own heirs or (b) a presumption or rule of interpretation that a transferor does not intend, by a transfer to his or her own heirs or next of kin, to transfer an interest to them. The meaning of a transfer of a legal or equitable interest to a transferor’s own heirs or next of kin, however designated, shall be determined by the general rules applicable to the interpretation of instruments.</p>","text":"The law of this state does not include (a) the common law rule of worthier title that a transferor cannot devise an interest to his or her own heirs or (b) a presumption or rule of interpretation that a transferor does not intend, by a transfer to his or her own heirs or next of kin, to transfer an interest to them. The meaning of a transfer of a legal or equitable interest to a transferor’s own heirs or next of kin, however designated, shall be determined by the general rules applicable to the interpretation of instruments.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/general-provisions-21108","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}