§ 5022

Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 224.3. Effective January 1, 1994.
(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death is not a transmutation of the consenting spouse’s interest in the property.
(b)This chapter does not apply to a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death that satisfies Section 852 of the Family Code. Such a consent is a transmutation and is governed by the law applicable to transmutations.

Other sections in Article 2 - Consent to Nonprobate Transfer

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