PART 7. EFFECT OF HOMICIDE OR ABUSE OF AN ELDER OR DEPENDENT ADULT [250. - 259.]

Heading of Part 7 amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 935, Sec. 3.

§§ 250–259 · 10 sections

• § 250 (a) A person who feloniously and intentionally kills the decedent is not entitled to any of the following: (1) Any property, interest, or benefit under a will…
• § 251 A joint tenant who feloniously and intentionally kills another joint tenant thereby effects a severance of the interest of the decedent so that the share of…
• § 252 A named beneficiary of a bond, life insurance policy, or other contractual arrangement who feloniously and intentionally kills the principal obligee or the…
• § 253 In any case not described in Section 250, 251, or 252 in which one person feloniously and intentionally kills another, any acquisition of property, interest,…
• § 254 (a) A final judgment of conviction of felonious and intentional killing is conclusive for purposes of this part. (b) In the absence of a final judgment of…
• § 255 This part does not affect the rights of any person who, before rights under this part have been adjudicated, purchases from the killer for value and without…
• § 256 An insurance company, financial institution, or other obligor making payment according to the terms of its policy or obligation is not liable by reason of this…
• § 257 This part does not apply where the decedent was killed before January 1, 1985; and the law applicable prior to January 1, 1985, continues to apply where the…
• § 258 A person who feloniously and intentionally kills the decedent is not entitled to bring an action for wrongful death of the decedent or to benefit from the…
• § 259 (a) Any person shall be deemed to have predeceased a decedent to the extent provided in subdivision (c) where all of the following apply: (1) It has been…