2013 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 3. OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS
CHAPTER 4. Effect of Death
ARTICLE 1. Definitions
377.10
For the purposes of this chapter, beneficiary of the decedent s estate means:
(a) If the decedent died leaving a will, the sole beneficiary or all of the beneficiaries who succeed to a cause of action, or to a particular item of property that is the subject of a cause of action, under the decedent s will.
(b) If the decedent died without leaving a will, the sole person or all of the persons who succeed to a cause of action, or to a particular item of property that is the subject of a cause of action, under Sections 6401 and 6402 of the Probate Code or, if the law of a sister state or foreign nation governs succession to the cause of action or particular item of property, under the law of the sister state or foreign nation.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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