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DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS 100-884›PART 6. DISTRIBUTION AMONG HEIRS OR BENEFICIARIES 240-249.8›CHAPTER 1. Intestate Distribution System 240-241

§ 240

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

If a statute calls for property to be distributed or taken in the manner provided in this section, the property shall be divided into as many equal shares as there are living members of the nearest generation of issue then living and deceased members of that generation who leave issue then living, each living member of the nearest generation of issue then living receiving one share and the share of each deceased member of that generation who leaves issue then living being divided in the same manner among his or her then living issue.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)

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