Prob. Code, § 21370 · Chapter 1. Definitions
Prob. Code, § 21370
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Independent attorney” means an attorney who has no legal, business, financial, professional, or personal relationship with the beneficiary of a donative transfer at issue under this part, and who would not be appointed as a fiduciary or receive any pecuniary benefit as a result of the operation of the instrument containing the donative transfer at issue under this part.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 620, Sec. 7. (SB 105) Effective January 1, 2011.
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