California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Probate Code - PROB |
Division 6. WILLS AND INTESTATE SUCCESSION |
Part 1. WILLS |
Chapter 6. California Statutory Will |
ARTICLE 1. Definitions and Rules of Construction |
Section 6211.
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Reference to a person "if living" or who "survives me" means a person who survives the decedent by 120 hours. A person who fails to survive the decedent by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the decedent for the purpose of a California statutory will, and the beneficiaries are determined accordingly. If it cannot be established by clear and convincing evidence that a person who would otherwise be a beneficiary has survived the decedent by 120 hours, it is deemed that the person failed to survive for the required period. The requirement of this section that a person who survives the decedent must survive the decedent by 120 hours does not apply if the application of the 120-hour survival requirement would result in the escheat of property to the state.