Prob. Code, § 370 · Chapter 2. Appointment of Substitute Fiduciary
Prob. Code, § 370
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
If a fiduciary is engaged in war service, on petition of the fiduciary, a cofiduciary, or an interested person, the court may do any one or more of the following:
(a) Appoint a substitute fiduciary. If there is a qualified and acting cofiduciary, the court is not required to appoint a substitute fiduciary but may vest in the cofiduciary the powers of the original fiduciary engaged in war service.
(b) Order a suspension of the powers and duties of the original fiduciary for the period the original fiduciary is engaged in war service and until further order of the court.
(c) Order an account by the original fiduciary.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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