Prob. Code, § 21108 · Chapter 1. General Provisions
Prob. Code, § 21108
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The law of this state does not include (a) the common law rule of worthier title that a transferor cannot devise an interest to his or her own heirs or (b) a presumption or rule of interpretation that a transferor does not intend, by a transfer to his or her own heirs or next of kin, to transfer an interest to them. The meaning of a transfer of a legal or equitable interest to a transferor’s own heirs or next of kin, however designated, shall be determined by the general rules applicable to the interpretation of instruments.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 138, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2003.
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