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California Probate Code Section 48

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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), "interested person" includes
any of the following:
   (1) An heir, devisee, child, spouse, creditor, beneficiary, and
any other person having a property right in or claim against a trust
estate or the estate of a decedent which may be affected by the
proceeding.
   (2) Any person having priority for appointment as personal
representative.
   (3) A fiduciary representing an interested person.
   (b) The meaning of "interested person" as it relates to particular
persons may vary from time to time and shall be determined according
to the particular purposes of, and matter involved in, any
proceeding.

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