Any person named or designated as a trustee in a will may, at any time before distribution of any of the estate to him, decline to act as such trustee, by a writing filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court. Within five (5) calendar days from the filing of such writing, such person shall mail to or personally serve upon the personal representative, or to or upon the personal representative’s attorney, a copy of such writing.

SOURCE: California Probate Code, § 1124 (as amended).