Probate Code § 5046

CHAPTER 3. Nonprobate Transfer to Former Spouse

Current as of September 28, 2026Prob. Code, § 5046Official source ↗

Added by renumbering Section 5603 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 15. (AB 139) Effective January 1, 2016.

Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the court’s authority to order a party to a dissolution or annulment of marriage to maintain the former spouse as a beneficiary on any nonprobate transfer described in this chapter, or to preserve a joint tenancy in favor of the former spouse.