CHAPTER 1. General Provisions
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 806, Sec. 41.
§§ 21101–21118 · 15 sections
- § 21101 Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, this part applies to a will, trust, deed, and any other instrument.
- § 21102 (a) The intention of the transferor as expressed in the instrument controls the legal effect of the dispositions made in the instrument. (b) The rules of…
- § 21103 The meaning and legal effect of a disposition in an instrument is determined by the local law of a particular state selected by the transferor in the…
- § 21104 As used in this part, “at-death transfer” means a transfer that is revocable during the lifetime of the transferor, but does not include a joint tenancy or…
- § 21105 Except as otherwise provided in Sections 641 and 642, a will passes all property the testator owns at death, including property acquired after execution of the…
- § 21107 If an instrument directs the conversion of real property into money at the transferor’s death, the real property and its proceeds shall be deemed personal…
- § 21108 The law of this state does not include (a) the common law rule of worthier title that a transferor cannot devise an interest to his or her own heirs or (b) a…
- § 21109 (a) A transferee who fails to survive the transferor of an at-death transfer or until any future time required by the instrument does not take under the…
- § 21110 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), if a transferee is dead when the instrument is executed, or fails or is treated as failing to survive the transferor or until a…
- § 21111 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and subject to Section 21110, if a transfer fails for any reason, the property is transferred as follows: (1) If the…
- § 21112 A condition in a transfer of a present or future interest that refers to a person’s death “with” or “without” issue, or to a person’s “having” or “leaving”…
- § 21114 (a) If a statute or an instrument provides for transfer of a present or future interest to, or creates a present or future interest in, a designated person’s…
- § 21115 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), halfbloods, adopted persons, persons born out of wedlock, stepchildren, foster children, and the issue of these…
- § 21117 At-death transfers are classified as follows: (a) A specific gift is a transfer of specifically identifiable property. (b) A general gift is a transfer from…
- § 21118 (a) If an instrument authorizes a fiduciary to satisfy a pecuniary gift wholly or partly by distribution of property other than money, property selected for…