DIVISION 6. WILLS AND INTESTATE SUCCESSION 6100-6806›PART 1. WILLS 6100-6390›CHAPTER 4. Reference to Matters Outside the Will 6130-6132

§ 6131

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

A will may dispose of property by reference to acts and events that have significance apart from their effect upon the dispositions made by the will, whether the acts and events occur before or after the execution of the will or before or after the testator’s death. The execution or revocation of a will of another person is such an event.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)

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