DIVISION 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS 1-88›PART 2. DEFINITIONS 20-88
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California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
“Beneficiary” means a person to whom a donative transfer of property is made or that person’s successor in interest, and:
(a) As it relates to the intestate estate of a decedent, means an heir.
(b) As it relates to the testate estate of a decedent, means a devisee.
(c) As it relates to a trust, means a person who has any present or future interest, vested or contingent.
(d) As it relates to a charitable trust, includes any person entitled to enforce the trust.
(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
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