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California Probate Code

§ 279

PROB § 279 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 2 · Part 8 · Ch. 2
(a)A disclaimer to be effective shall be filed within a reasonable time after the person able to disclaim acquires knowledge of the interest.
(b)In the case of any of the following interests, a disclaimer is conclusively presumed to have been filed within a reasonable time if it is filed within nine months after the death of the creator of the interest or within nine months after the interest becomes indefeasibly vested, whichever occurs later:
(1)An interest created under a will.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 6. (AB 139) Effective January 1, 2016.

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