DIVISION 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS 5000-5705›PART 1. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EFFECT OF DEATH 5000-5048›CHAPTER 2. Nonprobate Transfers of Community Property 5010-5032›ARTICLE 1. General Provisions 5010-5015
§ 5012
California Probate Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
A provision of this chapter concerning rights between a married person and the person’s spouse in community property is relevant only to controversies between the person and spouse and their successors and does not affect the obligation of a holder of community property under an instrument of a type described in Section 5000 to hold, receive, or transfer the property in compliance with a provision for a nonprobate transfer on death, or the protection provided the holder by Section 5003.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 51, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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