California Probate Code

§ 735

PROB § 735 Effective Jan 1, 1994Div. 2 · Part 15 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)If the attorney is deceased or lacks legal capacity, a deposit may be terminated as provided in this article by the attorney’s law partner, by a shareholder of the attorney’s law corporation, or by a lawyer or nonlawyer employee of the attorney’s firm, partnership, or corporation.

(b)If the attorney lacks legal capacity and there is no person to act under subdivision (a), a deposit may be terminated by the conservator of the attorney’s estate or by an attorney in fact acting under a durable power of attorney. A conservator of the attorney’s estate may act without court approval.

(c)If the attorney is deceased and there is no person to act under subdivision (a), a deposit may be terminated by the attorney’s personal representative.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 519, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.