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PART 6. FAMILY PROTECTION: OMITTED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN [21600. - 21630.]

Part 6 added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 724, Sec. 34.

§§ 21600–21630 · 10 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 21600–21601 · 2 sections
    • § 21600 This part shall apply to property passing by will through a decedent’s estate or by a trust, as defined in Section 82, that becomes irrevocable only on the…
    • § 21601 (a) For purposes of this part, “decedent’s testamentary instruments” means the decedent’s will or revocable trust. (b) “Estate” as used in this part shall…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Omitted Spouses §§ 21610–21612 · 3 sections
    • § 21610 Except as provided in Section 21611, if a decedent fails to provide in a testamentary instrument for the decedent’s surviving spouse who married the decedent…
    • § 21611 The spouse shall not receive a share of the estate under Section 21610 if any of the following is established: (a) The decedent’s failure to provide for the…
    • § 21612 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in satisfying a share provided by this chapter: (1) The share will first be taken from the decedent’s estate not…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Omitted Children §§ 21620–21623 · 4 sections
    • § 21620 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…
    • § 21621 A child shall not receive a share of the estate under Section 21620 if any of the following is established: (a) The decedent’s failure to provide for the child…
    • § 21622 If, at the time of the execution of all of decedent’s testamentary instruments effective at the time of decedent’s death, the decedent failed to provide for a…
    • § 21623 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in satisfying a share provided by this chapter: (1) The share will first be taken from the decedent’s estate not…
  4. CHAPTER 4. Applicability § 21630 · 1 section
    • § 21630 This part does not apply if the decedent died before January 1, 1998. The law applicable prior to January 1, 1998, applies if the decedent died before January…