California Probate Code 12520 – (a) If a nondomiciliary decedent’s will has been admitted to …
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(a) If a nondomiciliary decedent‘s will has been admitted to probate in a sister state or foreign nation and satisfies the requirements of this article, probate of the will in an ancillary administration proceeding is governed by this article.
(b) If a nondomiciliary decedent’s will has been admitted to probate in a sister state or foreign nation, but does not satisfy the requirements of this article, the will may be probated in an ancillary administration proceeding pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 8000).
Terms Used In California Probate Code 12520
- Ancillary administration: Probate administration of property (usually real property) owned in a State other than the one in which the decedent had his (her) principal residence at the time of death.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Probate: Proving a will
- State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See California Probate Code 74
- Will: includes codicil and any testamentary instrument which merely appoints an executor or revokes or revises another will. See California Probate Code 88
(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)