2018 California Code
Probate Code - PROB
DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART 15 - DEPOSIT OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS WITH ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 2 - Duties and Liabilities of Attorney
Section 715.
An attorney may give written notice to a depositor, and obtain written acknowledgment from the depositor, in the following form:
NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT |
To: | _____ (Name of depositor) _____ |
_____ (Address) _____ |
_____ (City, state, and ZIP) _____ |
_____ (Electronic address) _____ |
I have accepted your will or other estate planning document for safekeeping. I must use ordinary care for preservation of the document.
You must keep me advised of any change in your addresses shown above. If you do not and I cannot return this document to you when necessary, I will no longer be required to use ordinary care for preservation of the document, and I may transfer it to another attorney, or I may transfer it to the clerk of the superior court of the county of your last known domicile, and give notice of the transfer to the State Bar of California.
_____ (Signature of attorney) _____ |
_____ (Address of attorney) _____ |
_____ (City, state, and ZIP) _____ |
_____ (Electronic address) _____ |
My addresses shown above are correct. I understand that I must keep you advised of any change in these addresses.
Dated: |
_____ (Signature of depositor) _____ |
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 319, Sec. 10. (AB 976) Effective January 1, 2018.)
