A trust is created only if the settlor properly manifests an intention to create a trust.
Cal. Prob. Code § 15201
Creation and Validity of Trusts
Known as the Trust Law
The act spans §§ 15000–19403 (351 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Lonely Maiden Productions v. Goldentree Asset Management (2011)
Most recently applied in Tawansy v. Leslie (In re Raymond Renaissance Theater, LLC) (March 2018)
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.