Prob. Code, § 5703 · Part 5. GIFTS IN VIEW OF IMPENDING DEATH
Prob. Code, § 5703
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A gift made during the last illness of the giver, or under circumstances which would naturally impress the giver with an expectation of speedy death, is presumed to be a gift in view of impending death.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 18.
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