California Probate Code ARTICLE 4 - Administrators

• Section 8460.
  (a) If the decedent dies intestate, the court shall appoint an administrator as personal representative.(b) The court may appoint one or more persons as administrator.(Enacted by Stats....
• Section 8461.
  Subject to the provisions of this article, a person in the following relation to the decedent is entitled to appointment as administrator in the following...
• Section 8462.
  The surviving spouse or domestic partner of the decedent, a relative of the decedent, or a relative of a predeceased spouse or domestic partner of...
• Section 8463.
  If the surviving spouse is a party to an action for separate maintenance, annulment, or dissolution of the marriage of the decedent and the surviving...
• Section 8464.
  If a person otherwise entitled to appointment as administrator is a person under the age of majority or a person for whom a guardian or...
• Section 8465.
  (a) The court may appoint as administrator a person nominated by any of the following persons:(1) A person otherwise entitled to appointment.(2) A person who would otherwise be...
• Section 8466.
  If a person whose only priority is that of a creditor claims appointment as administrator, the court in its discretion may deny the appointment and...
• Section 8467.
  If several persons have equal priority for appointment as administrator, the court may appoint one or more of them, or if such persons are unable...
• Section 8468.
  If persons having priority fail to claim appointment as administrator, the court may appoint any person who claims appointment.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 8469.
  (a) For good cause, the court may allow the priority given by Section 8461 to a conservator or guardian of the estate of the decedent serving...

Last modified: October 22, 2018