When one or more persons for whose benefit an accumulation of income has been directed is or are destitute of other sufficient means of support or education, the proper court, upon application, may direct a suitable sum to be applied thereto out of the fund directed to be accumulated for the benefit of such person or persons.
Cal. Civ. Code § 726
Accumulations
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Kearns v. Transamerica Home Loan (In Re Kearns) (2004)
Most recently applied in 823 F. Supp. 2d 1053 - Espinoza v. Bank of America, N.A. (October 2011)
Amended by Stats. 1929, Ch. 143.
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