California Probate Code CHAPTER 1 - Intestate Succession Generally

• Section 6400.
  Any part of the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by will passes to the decedent’s heirs as prescribed in this part.(Enacted by...
• Section 6401.
  (a) As to community property, the intestate share of the surviving spouse is the one-half of the community property that belongs to the decedent under Section...
• Section 6402.
  Except as provided in Section 6402.5, the part of the intestate estate not passing to the surviving spouse, under Section 6401, or the entire intestate...
• Section 6402.5.
  (a) For purposes of distributing real property under this section if the decedent had a predeceased spouse who died not more than 15 years before the...
• Section 6403.
  (a) A person who fails to survive the decedent by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the decedent for the purpose of intestate succession, and...
• Section 6404.
  Part 4 (commencing with Section 6800) (escheat) applies if there is no taker of the intestate estate under the provisions of this part.(Enacted by Stats....
• Section 6406.
  Except as provided in Section 6451, relatives of the halfblood inherit the same share they would inherit if they were of the whole blood.(Amended by...
• Section 6407.
  Relatives of the decedent conceived before the decedent’s death but born thereafter inherit as if they had been born in the lifetime of the decedent.(Enacted...
• Section 6409.
  (a) If a person dies intestate as to all or part of his or her estate, property the decedent gave during lifetime to an heir is...
• Section 6410.
  (a) A debt owed to the decedent is not charged against the intestate share of any person except the debtor.(b) If the debtor fails to survive the...
• Section 6411.
  No person is disqualified to take as an heir because that person or a person through whom he or she claims is or has been...
• Section 6412.
  Except to the extent provided in Section 120, the estates of dower and curtesy are not recognized.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 6413.
  A person who is related to the decedent through two lines of relationship is entitled to only a single share based on the relationship which...
• Section 6414.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this part does not apply where the decedent died before January 1, 1985, and the law applicable prior to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018