Unless the waiver or property settlement provides to the contrary, a waiver under this chapter of “all rights” (or equivalent language) in the property or estate of a present or prospective spouse, or a complete property settlement entered into after or in anticipation of separation or dissolution or annulment of marriage, is a waiver by the spouse of the rights described in subdivision (a) of Section 141.
Cal. Prob. Code § 145
Surviving Spouse’s Waiver of Rights
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Estate of Gibson (1990)
Most recently applied in Estate of Gibson (May 1990)
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.