The meaning and legal effect of a disposition in an instrument is determined by the local law of a particular state selected by the transferor in the instrument unless the application of that law is contrary to the rights of the surviving spouse to community and quasi-community property, to any other public policy of this state applicable to the disposition, or, in the case of a will, to Part 3 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 6.
Cal. Prob. Code § 21103
General Provisions
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In re: Herbert M. Zukerkorn Jennifer Zukerkorn (2012)
Most recently applied in In re: Herbert M. Zukerkorn Jennifer Zukerkorn (December 2012)
Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 138, Sec. 12
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.