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PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 3. OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS 367-389.5›CHAPTER 4. Effect of Death 377.10-377.62›ARTICLE 1. Definitions 377.10-377.11

§ 377.11

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

For the purposes of this chapter, “decedent’s successor in interest” means the beneficiary of the decedent’s estate or other successor in interest who succeeds to a cause of action or to a particular item of the property that is the subject of a cause of action.

(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1993.)

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