California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Probate Code - PROB |
Division 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS |
Part 1. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EFFECT OF DEATH |
Chapter 2. Nonprobate Transfers of Community Property |
ARTICLE 2. Consent to Nonprobate Transfer |
Section 5022.
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse's written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death is not a transmutation of the consenting spouse's interest in the property.
(b) This chapter does not apply to a spouse's written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death that satisfies Section 852 of the Family Code. Such a consent is a transmutation and is governed by the law applicable to transmutations.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 224.3. Effective January 1, 1994.)