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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 1. General Provisions 21600-21601

§ 21601

California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) For purposes of this part, “decedent’s testamentary instruments” means the decedent’s will or revocable trust.

(b) “Estate” as used in this part shall include a decedent’s probate estate and all property held in any revocable trust that becomes irrevocable on the death of the decedent.

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

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