2024 California Code
Probate Code - PROB
DIVISION 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART 5 - SIMULTANEOUS DEATH
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 221.

Universal Citation:
CA Prob Code § 221 (2024)
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221. (a) This chapter does not apply in any case where Section 103, 6211, or 6403 applies.

(b) This chapter does not apply in the case of a trust, deed, or contract of insurance, or any other situation, where (1) provision is made dealing explicitly with simultaneous deaths or deaths in a common disaster or otherwise providing for distribution of property different from the provisions of this chapter or (2) provision is made requiring one person to survive another for a stated period in order to take property or providing for a presumption as to survivorship that results in a distribution of property different from that provided by this chapter.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 138, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)

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