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California Family Code Section 2024

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(a) A petition for dissolution of marriage, nullity of
marriage, or legal separation of the parties, or a joint petition for
summary dissolution of marriage, shall contain the following notice:

   "Dissolution or annulment of your marriage may automatically
cancel your spouse's rights under your will, trust, retirement
benefit plan, power of attorney, pay on death bank account, transfer
on death vehicle registration, survivorship rights to any property
owned in joint tenancy, and any other similar thing.  It does not
automatically cancel your spouse's rights as beneficiary of your life
insurance policy.  If these are not the results that you want, you
must change your will, trust, account agreement, or other similar
document to reflect your actual wishes.
   Dissolution or annulment of your marriage may also automatically
cancel your rights under your spouse's will, trust, retirement
benefit plan, power of attorney, pay on death bank account, transfer
on death vehicle registration, and survivorship rights to any
property owned in joint tenancy, and any other similar thing.  It
does not automatically cancel your rights as beneficiary of your
spouse's life insurance policy.
   You should review these matters, as well as any credit cards,
other credit accounts, insurance policies, retirement benefit plans,
and credit reports to determine whether they should be changed or
whether you should take any other actions in view of the dissolution
or annulment of your marriage, or your legal separation.  However,
some changes may require the agreement of your spouse or a court
order (see Part 3 (commencing with Section 231) of Division 2 of the
Family Code)."
   (b) A judgment for dissolution of marriage, for nullity of
marriage, or for legal separation of the parties shall contain the
following notice:

   "Dissolution or annulment of your marriage may automatically
cancel your spouse's rights under your will, trust, retirement
benefit plan, power of attorney, pay on death bank account, transfer
on death vehicle registration, survivorship rights to any property
owned in joint tenancy, and any other similar thing.  It does not
automatically cancel your spouse's rights as beneficiary of your life
insurance policy.  If these are not the results that you want, you
must change your will, trust, account agreement, or other similar
document to reflect your actual wishes.
   Dissolution or annulment of your marriage may also automatically
cancel your rights under your spouse's will, trust, retirement
benefit plan, power of attorney, pay on death bank account, transfer
on death vehicle registration, survivorship rights to any property
owned in joint tenancy, and any other similar thing.  It does not
automatically cancel your rights as beneficiary of your spouse's life
insurance policy.
   You should review these matters, as well as any credit cards,
other credit accounts, insurance policies, retirement benefit plans,
and credit reports to determine whether they should be changed or
whether you should take any other actions in view of the dissolution
or annulment of your marriage, or your legal separation."

Last modified: January 12, 2009