§ 21374

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 620, Sec. 7. (SB 105) Effective January 1, 2011.
(a)A person who is “related by blood or affinity” to a specified person means any of the following persons:
(1)A spouse or domestic partner of the specified person.
(2)A relative within a specified degree of kinship to the specified person or within a specified degree of kinship to the spouse or domestic partner of the specified person.
(3)The spouse or domestic partner of a person described in paragraph (2).
(b)For the purposes of this section, “spouse or domestic partner” includes a predeceased spouse

or predeceased domestic partner.

(c)In determining a relationship under this section, Sections 6406 and 6407, and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6450) of Part 2 of Division 6, are applicable.

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