Unless a trust is expressly made irrevocable by the trust instrument, the trust is revocable by the settlor. This section applies only where the settlor is domiciled in this state when the trust is created, where the trust instrument is executed in this state, or where the trust instrument provides that the law of this state governs the trust.
Cal. Prob. Code § 15400
Modification and Termination of Trusts
Known as the Trust Law
The act spans §§ 15000–19403 (351 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 121 Cal. App. 4th 754 - California-Nevada Annual Conference of United Methodist Church v. St. Luke's United Methodist Church (2004)
Most recently applied in 230 Cal. App. 4th 1516 - Aulisio v. Bancroft (October 2014)
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.