Prob. Code, § 1303 · Chapter 1. General
Prob. Code, § 1303
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
With respect to a decedent’s estate, the grant or refusal to grant the following orders is appealable:
(a) Granting or revoking letters to a personal representative, except letters of special administration or letters of special administration with general powers.
(b) Admitting a will to probate or revoking the probate of a will.
(c) Setting aside a small estate under Section 6609.
(d) Setting apart a probate homestead or property claimed to be exempt from enforcement of a money judgment.
(e) Granting, modifying, or terminating a family allowance.
(f) Determining heirship, succession, entitlement, or the persons to whom distribution should be made.
(g) Directing distribution of property.
(h) Determining that property passes to, or confirming that property belongs to, the surviving spouse under Section 13656.
(i) Authorizing a personal representative to invest or reinvest surplus money under Section 9732.
(j) Determining whether an action constitutes a contest under former Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 21320) of Part 3 of Division 11, as that chapter read prior to its repeal by Chapter 174 of the Statutes of 2008.
(k) Determining the priority of debts under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 11440) of Part 9 of Division 7.
(l) Any final order under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 20100) or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 348, Sec. 5. (SB 308) Effective January 1, 2010.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Probate Code
- Prob. Code, § 6609Printed as Section 6609
- Prob. Code, § 9732Printed as Section 9732
- Prob. Code, div. 7, pt. 9, ch. 3Allocation of Debts Between Estate and Surviving SpousePrinted as Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 11440) of Part 9 of Division 7
- Prob. Code, § 13656Printed as Section 13656
- Prob. Code, div. 10, ch. 1Proration of Estate TaxesPrinted as Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 20100)
- Prob. Code, div. 10, ch. 2Proration of Taxes on Generation-Skipping TransferPrinted as Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10
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