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DIVISION 11. CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS, TRUSTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS 21101-21700›PART 6. FAMILY PROTECTION: OMITTED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN 21600-21630›CHAPTER 3. Omitted Children 21620-21623

§ 21622

California Probate Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If, at the time of the execution of all of decedent’s testamentary instruments effective at the time of decedent’s death, the decedent failed to provide for a living child solely because the decedent believed the child to be dead or was unaware of the birth of the child, the child shall receive a share in the estate equal in value to that which the child would have received if the decedent had died without having executed any testamentary instruments.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 724, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 1998.)

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