{"code":"PROB","codeName":"Probate Code","section":"21620","citation":"Prob. Code, § 21620","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 6. FAMILY PROTECTION: OMITTED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN [21600. - 21630.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-11/part-6"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Omitted Children [21620. - 21623.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-11/part-6/chapter-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 724, Sec. 34.   Effective January 1, 1998.","effective":"1998-01-01","html":"<p>Except as provided in Section <a href=\"/prob/21621\">21621</a>, if a decedent fails to provide in a testamentary instrument for a child of decedent born or adopted after the execution of all of the decedent’s testamentary instruments, the omitted child shall receive a share in the decedent’s estate equal in value to that which the child would have received if the decedent had died without having executed any testamentary instrument.</p>","text":"Except as provided in Section 21621, if a decedent fails to provide in a testamentary instrument for a child of decedent born or adopted after the execution of all of the decedent’s testamentary instruments, the omitted child shall receive a share in the decedent’s estate equal in value to that which the child would have received if the decedent had died without having executed any testamentary instrument.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/omitted-children-21620","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}