{"code":"PROB","codeName":"Probate Code","section":"5696","citation":"Prob. Code, § 5696","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS [5000. - 5705.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-5"},{"name":"PART 4. REVOCABLE TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED [5600. - 5698.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-5/part-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Contest [5690. - 5698.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-5/part-4/chapter-5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 17.   (AB 139)   Effective January 1, 2016.   Repealed as of January 1, 2032, pursuant to Section 5600.","effective":"2016-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Nothing in this chapter limits the application of principles of fraud, undue influence, duress, mistake, or other invalidating cause to a transfer of property by a revocable transfer on death deed.</p><p>(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/prob/5692\">5692</a>, the conservator or guardian of a transferor may, before the transferor’s death, petition the court for invalidation of a revocable transfer on death deed executed by the transferor.</p>","text":"(a) Nothing in this chapter limits the application of principles of fraud, undue influence, duress, mistake, or other invalidating cause to a transfer of property by a revocable transfer on death deed. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 5692, the conservator or guardian of a transferor may, before the transferor’s death, petition the court for invalidation of a revocable transfer on death deed executed by the transferor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/contest-5696","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}