Prob. Code, § 6381 · Chapter 11. Uniform International Wills Act
Prob. Code, § 6381
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A will is valid as regards form, irrespective particularly of the place where it is made, of the location of the assets and of the nationality, domicile, or residence of the testator, if it is made in the form of an international will complying with the requirements of this chapter.
(b) The invalidity of the will as an international will does not affect its formal validity as a will of another kind.
(c) This chapter does not apply to the form of testamentary dispositions made by two or more persons in one instrument.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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