Earlier editions: 2020-112018-112026-09
DIVISION 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS 5000-5705›PART 1. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EFFECT OF DEATH 5000-5048›CHAPTER 3. Nonprobate Transfer to Former Spouse 5040-5048
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California Probate Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the court’s authority to order a party to a dissolution or annulment of marriage to maintain the former spouse as a beneficiary on any nonprobate transfer described in this chapter, or to preserve a joint tenancy in favor of the former spouse.
(Added by renumbering Section 5603 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 15. (AB 139) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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