Prob. Code, § 21620 · Chapter 3. Omitted Children
Prob. Code, § 21620
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Except as provided in Section 21621, if a decedent fails to provide in a testamentary instrument for a child of decedent born or adopted after the execution of all of the decedent’s testamentary instruments, the omitted child shall receive a share in the decedent’s estate equal in value to that which the child would have received if the decedent had died without having executed any testamentary instrument.
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History
Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 724, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 1998.
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