California Probate Code CHAPTER 4 - Family Allowance

• Section 6540.
  (a) The following are entitled to such reasonable family allowance out of the estate as is necessary for their maintenance according to their circumstances during administration...
• Section 6541.
  (a) The court may grant or modify a family allowance on petition of any interested person.(b) With respect to an order for the family allowance provided for...
• Section 6542.
  A family allowance commences on the date of the court’s order or such other time as may be provided in the court’s order, whether before...
• Section 6543.
  (a) A family allowance shall terminate no later than the entry of the order for final distribution of the estate or, if the estate is insolvent,...
• Section 6544.
  The costs of proceedings under this chapter shall be paid by the estate as expenses of administration.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 6545.
  Notwithstanding Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 916) of Title 13 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the perfecting of an appeal from...

Last modified: October 22, 2018