DIVISION 11. CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS, TRUSTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS 21101-21700›PART 3.7. Presumption of Fraud or Undue Influence 21360-21392›CHAPTER 1. Definitions 21360-21374

§ 21370

California Probate Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

“Independent attorney” means an attorney who has no legal, business, financial, professional, or personal relationship with the beneficiary of a donative transfer at issue under this part, and who would not be appointed as a fiduciary or receive any pecuniary benefit as a result of the operation of the instrument containing the donative transfer at issue under this part.

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 620, Sec. 7. (SB 105) Effective January 1, 2011.)

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