{"code":"PROB","codeName":"Probate Code","section":"601","citation":"Prob. Code, § 601","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 14. POWERS OF APPOINTMENT [600. - 695.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-2/part-14"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [600. - 601.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-2/part-14/chapter-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 30, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 1993.","effective":"1993-01-01","html":"<p>If the law existing at the time of the creation of a power of appointment and the law existing at the time of the release or exercise of the power of appointment or at the time of the assertion of a right given by this part differ, the law existing at the time of the release, exercise, or assertion of a right controls. Nothing in this section makes invalid a power of appointment created before July 1, 1970, that was valid under the law in existence at the time it was created.</p>","text":"If the law existing at the time of the creation of a power of appointment and the law existing at the time of the release or exercise of the power of appointment or at the time of the assertion of a right given by this part differ, the law existing at the time of the release, exercise, or assertion of a right controls. Nothing in this section makes invalid a power of appointment created before July 1, 1970, that was valid under the law in existence at the time it was created.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/general-provisions-601","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}