Prob. Code, § 6208 · Article 1. Definitions and Rules of Construction
Prob. Code, § 6208
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(a) If a California statutory will states that a person shall perform an act, the person is required to perform that act.
(b) If a California statutory will states that a person may do an act, the person’s decision to do or not to do the act shall be made in the exercise of the person’s fiduciary powers.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 20.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=6208.
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