DIVISION 8. DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION 13000-13660›PART 2. PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION 13500-13660›CHAPTER 3. Liability for Debts of Deceased Spouse 13550-13554
§ 13554
California Probate Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any debt described in Section 13550 may be enforced against the surviving spouse in the same manner as it could have been enforced against the deceased spouse if the deceased spouse had not died.
(b) In any action or proceeding based upon the debt, the surviving spouse may assert any defense, cross-complaint, or setoff which would have been available to the deceased spouse if the deceased spouse had not died.
(c) Section 366.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies in an action under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 43. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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