Prob. Code, § 3701 · Article 2. Court Proceeding to Set Aside Personal Property of Absentee
Prob. Code, § 3701
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Upon petition as provided in this chapter, the court may set aside to the family of an absentee personal property of the absentee situated in this state for the purpose of managing, controlling, encumbering, selling, or conveying, or otherwise engaging in any transaction with respect to the property, if the court determines that to do so will be in the best interest of the absentee, including the interest of the absentee in providing for shelter, food, health care, education, transportation, or the maintenance of a reasonable and adequate standard of living for the family of the absentee. The absentee’s interest in the property set aside shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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