Prob. Code, § 5022 · Article 2. Consent to Nonprobate Transfer
Prob. Code, § 5022
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death is not a transmutation of the consenting spouse’s interest in the property.
(b) This chapter does not apply to a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death that satisfies Section 852 of the Family Code. Such a consent is a transmutation and is governed by the law applicable to transmutations.
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History
Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 224.3. Effective January 1, 1994.
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