California Probate Code CHAPTER 1 - Commencement of Proceedings

• Section 8000.
  (a) At any time after a decedent’s death, any interested person may commence proceedings for administration of the estate of the decedent by a petition to...
• Section 8001.
  Unless good cause for delay is shown, if a person named in a will as executor fails to petition the court for administration of the...
• Section 8002.
  (a) The petition shall contain all of the following information:(1) The date and place of the decedent’s death.(2) The street number, street, and city, or other address, and...
• Section 8003.
  (a) The hearing on the petition shall be set for a day not less than 15 nor more than 30 days after the petition is filed....
• Section 8004.
  (a) If appointment of the personal representative is contested, the grounds of opposition may include a challenge to the competency of the personal representative or the...
• Section 8005.
  (a) At the hearing on the petition, the court may examine and compel any person to attend as a witness concerning any of the following matters:(1) The...
• Section 8006.
  (a) If the court finds that the matters referred to in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 8005 are established, the court shall make an...
• Section 8007.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an order admitting a will to probate or appointing a personal representative, when it becomes final, is a conclusive...

Last modified: October 22, 2018