California Probate Code CHAPTER 5 - Determination or Confirmation of Property Passing or Belonging to Surviving Spouse

• Section 13650.
  (a) A surviving spouse or the personal representative, guardian of the estate, or conservator of the estate of the surviving spouse may file a petition in...
• Section 13651.
  (a) A petition filed pursuant to Section 13650 shall allege that administration of all or a part of the estate of the deceased spouse is not...
• Section 13652.
  If proceedings for the administration of the estate of the deceased spouse are pending, a petition under this chapter shall be filed in those proceedings...
• Section 13653.
  If proceedings for the administration of the estate of the deceased spouse are not pending, a petition under this chapter may, but need not, be...
• Section 13654.
  The filing of a petition under this chapter does not preclude the court from admitting the will of the deceased spouse to probate or appointing...
• Section 13655.
  (a) If proceedings for the administration of the estate of the deceased spouse are pending at the time a petition is filed under this chapter, or...
• Section 13656.
  (a) If the court finds that all of the estate of the deceased spouse is property passing to the surviving spouse, the court shall issue an...
• Section 13657.
  Upon becoming final, an order under Section 13656 (1) determining that property is property passing to the surviving spouse or (2) confirming the ownership of...
• Section 13658.
  If the court determines that all or a part of the property passing to the surviving spouse consists of an unincorporated business or an interest...
• Section 13659.
  Except as provided in Section 13658, no inventory and appraisal of the estate of the deceased spouse is required in a proceeding under this chapter....
• Section 13660.
  The attorney’s fees for services performed in connection with the filing of a petition and obtaining of a court order under this chapter shall be...

Last modified: October 22, 2018