ARTICLE 1. Definitions and Rules of Construction

Article 1 added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 20.

§§ 6200–6211 · 11 sections

• § 6200 Unless the provision or context clearly requires otherwise, these definitions and rules of construction govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 6201 “Testator” means a person choosing to adopt a California statutory will.
• § 6203 “Executor” means both the person so designated in a California statutory will and any other person acting at any time as the executor or administrator under a…
• § 6204 “Trustee” means both the person so designated in a California statutory will and any other person acting at any time as the trustee under a California…
• § 6205 “Descendants” mean children, grandchildren, and their lineal descendants of all generations, with the relationship of parent and child at each generation being…
• § 6206 A reference in a California statutory will to the “Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of any state” or the “Uniform Transfers to Minors Act of any state” includes…
• § 6207 Masculine pronouns include the feminine, and plural and singular words include each other, where appropriate.
• § 6208 (a) If a California statutory will states that a person shall perform an act, the person is required to perform that act. (b) If a California statutory will…
• § 6209 Whenever a distribution under a California statutory will is to be made to a person’s descendants, the property shall be divided into as many equal shares as…
• § 6210 “Person” includes individuals and institutions.
• § 6211 Reference to a person “if living” or who “survives me” means a person who survives the decedent by 120 hours. A person who fails to survive the decedent by 120…