PART 2. INTESTATE SUCCESSION [6400. - 6455.]

Part 2 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

§§ 6400–6455 · 20 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Intestate Succession Generally §§ 6400–6414 · 14 sections

   • § 6400 Any part of the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by will passes to the decedent’s heirs as prescribed in this part.
   • § 6401 (a) As to community property, the intestate share of the surviving spouse is the one-half of the community property that belongs to the decedent under Section…
   • § 6402 Except as provided in Section 6402.5, the part of the intestate estate not passing to the surviving spouse, under Section 6401, or the entire intestate estate…
   • § 6402.5 (a) For purposes of distributing real property under this section if the decedent had a predeceased spouse who died not more than 15 years before the decedent…
   • § 6403 (a) A person who fails to survive the decedent by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the decedent for the purpose of intestate succession, and the heirs…
   • § 6404 Part 4 (commencing with Section 6800) (escheat) applies if there is no taker of the intestate estate under the provisions of this part.
   • § 6406 Except as provided in Section 6451, relatives of the halfblood inherit the same share they would inherit if they were of the whole blood.
   • § 6407 Relatives of the decedent conceived before the decedent’s death but born thereafter inherit as if they had been born in the lifetime of the decedent.
   • § 6409 (a) If a person dies intestate as to all or part of his or her estate, property the decedent gave during lifetime to an heir is treated as an advancement…
   • § 6410 (a) A debt owed to the decedent is not charged against the intestate share of any person except the debtor. (b) If the debtor fails to survive the decedent,…
   • § 6411 No person is disqualified to take as an heir because that person or a person through whom the person claims is or has been a person who is not a citizen or…
   • § 6412 Except to the extent provided in Section 120, the estates of dower and curtesy are not recognized.
   • § 6413 A person who is related to the decedent through two lines of relationship is entitled to only a single share based on the relationship which would entitle the…
   • § 6414 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this part does not apply where the decedent died before January 1, 1985, and the law applicable prior to January 1,…
2. CHAPTER 2. Parent and Child Relationship §§ 6450–6455 · 6 sections

   • § 6450 Subject to the provisions of this chapter, a relationship of parent and child exists for the purpose of determining intestate succession by, through, or from a…
   • § 6451 (a) An adoption severs the relationship of parent and child between an adopted person and a natural parent of the adopted person unless both of the following…
   • § 6452 (a) A parent does not inherit from or through a child on the basis of the parent and child relationship if any of the following apply: (1) The parent’s…
   • § 6453 For the purpose of determining whether a person is a “natural parent” as that term is used in this chapter: (a) A natural parent and child relationship is…
   • § 6454 For the purpose of determining intestate succession by a person or the person’s issue from or through a foster parent or stepparent, the relationship of parent…
   • § 6455 Nothing in this chapter affects or limits application of the judicial doctrine of equitable adoption for the benefit of the child or the child’s issue.