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California Probate Code Section 251

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A joint tenant who feloniously and intentionally kills another
joint tenant thereby effects a severance of the interest of the
decedent so that the share of the decedent passes as the decedent's
property and the killer has no rights by survivorship.  This section
applies to joint tenancies in real and personal property, joint and
multiple-party accounts in financial institutions, and any other form
of coownership with survivorship incidents.

Last modified: January 12, 2009