California Probate Code CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

• Section 19000.
  As used in this part:(a) “Claim” means a demand for payment for any of the following, whether due, not due, accrued or not accrued, or contingent,...
• Section 19001.
  (a) Upon the death of a settlor, the property of the deceased settlor that was subject to the power of revocation at the time of the...
• Section 19002.
  (a) Except as expressly provided, this part shall not be construed to affect the right of any creditor to recover from any revocable trust established by...
• Section 19003.
  (a) At any time following the death of the settlor, and during the time that there has been no filing of a petition to administer the...
• Section 19004.
  If the trustee files, publishes, and serves notice as set forth in Section 19003, then:(a) All claims against the trust shall be filed in the manner...
• Section 19005.
  The trustee may at any time pay, reject, or contest any claim against the deceased settlor or settle any claim by compromise, arbitration, or otherwise....
• Section 19006.
  (a) If a trustee of a trust established by the deceased settlor files, publishes, and serves notice as provided in Section 19003 the protection from creditors...
• Section 19007.
  Nothing in this part shall determine the liability of any trust established by the deceased settlor as against any other trust established by that settlor,...
• Section 19008.
  If there is no proceeding to administer the probate estate of the deceased settlor, and if the trustee does not file a proposed notice to...
• Section 19009.
  Nothing in this part shall be construed to permit or require disclosure of the existence of the trust or the contents of any of its...
• Section 19010.
  Nothing in this part imposes any duty on the trustee to initiate the notice proceeding set forth in Section 19003, and the trustee is not...
• Section 19011.
  (a) The Judicial Council may prescribe the form and contents of the petition, notice, claim form, and allowance or rejection form to be used pursuant to...
• Section 19012.
  (a) This part applies to claims against any deceased settlor who dies on or after January 1, 1992. (b) The applicable law in effect before January 1,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018