California Probate Code

§ 21108

PROB § 21108 Effective Jan 1, 2003Div. 11 · Part 1 · Ch. 1

Statute text

The law of this state does not include (a) the common law rule of worthier title that a transferor cannot devise an interest to his or her own heirs or (b) a presumption or rule of interpretation that a transferor does not intend, by a transfer to his or her own heirs or next of kin, to transfer an interest to them. The meaning of a transfer of a legal or equitable interest to a transferor’s own heirs or next of kin, however designated, shall be determined by the general rules applicable to the interpretation of instruments.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 138, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2003.