CHAPTER 3.5. Liability for Decedent’s Property

Chapter 3.5 added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 57.

§§ 13560–13565 · 6 sections

• § 13560 For the purposes of this chapter, “decedent’s property” means the one-half of the community property that belongs to the decedent under Section 100 and the…
• § 13561 (a) If the decedent’s property is in the possession or control of the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent’s death, the surviving spouse is personally…
• § 13562 (a) Subject to subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), if proceedings for the administration of the decedent’s estate are commenced, the surviving spouse is liable…
• § 13563 (a) The surviving spouse is not liable under Section 13561 if proceedings for the administration of the decedent’s estate are commenced and the surviving…
• § 13564 The remedies available under Sections 13561 to 13563, inclusive, are in addition to any remedies available by reason of any fraud or intentional wrongdoing.
• § 13565 If the court finds that the surviving spouse has acted reasonably and in good faith under the circumstances as known to the surviving spouse, the court may, in…