§ 5022

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

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death is not a transmutation of the consenting spouse’s interest in the property.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death that satisfies Section 852 of the Family Code. Such a consent is a transmutation and is governed by the law applicable to transmutations.

(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 224.3. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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