Prob. Code, § 257 · Part 7. EFFECT OF HOMICIDE OR ABUSE OF AN ELDER OR DEPENDENT ADULT
Prob. Code, § 257
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This part does not apply where the decedent was killed before January 1, 1985; and the law applicable prior to January 1, 1985, continues to apply where the decedent was killed before January 1, 1985.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=257.
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