ARTICLE 4. Administrators [8460. - 8469.]

Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

§§ 8460–8469 · 10 sections

• § 8460 (a) If the decedent dies intestate, the court shall appoint an administrator as personal representative. (b) The court may appoint one or more persons as…
• § 8461 Subject to the provisions of this article, a person in the following relation to the decedent is entitled to appointment as administrator in the following…
• § 8462 The surviving spouse or domestic partner of the decedent, a relative of the decedent, or a relative of a predeceased spouse or domestic partner of the…
• § 8463 If the surviving spouse is a party to an action for separate maintenance, annulment, or dissolution of the marriage of the decedent and the surviving spouse,…
• § 8464 If a person otherwise entitled to appointment as administrator is a person under the age of majority or a person for whom a guardian or conservator of the…
• § 8465 (a) The court may appoint as administrator a person nominated by any of the following persons: (1) A person otherwise entitled to appointment. (2) A person who…
• § 8466 If a person whose only priority is that of a creditor claims appointment as administrator, the court in its discretion may deny the appointment and appoint…
• § 8467 If several persons have equal priority for appointment as administrator, the court may appoint one or more of them, or if such persons are unable to agree, the…
• § 8468 If persons having priority fail to claim appointment as administrator, the court may appoint any person who claims appointment.
• § 8469 (a) For good cause, the court may allow the priority given by Section 8461 to a conservator or guardian of the estate of the decedent serving in that capacity…