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Cal. Prob. Code § 48

DEFINITIONS

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 80 Cal. App. 4th 1344 - Kern County Department of Human Services v. Michael U. (2000)

Most recently applied in Tepper v. Wilkins (April 2017)

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), “interested person” includes any of the following:

(1) An heir, devisee, child, spouse, creditor, beneficiary, and any other person having a property right in or claim against a trust estate or the estate of a decedent which may be affected by the proceeding.

(2) Any person having priority for appointment as personal representative.

(3) A fiduciary representing an interested person.

(b) The meaning of “interested person” as it relates to particular persons may vary from time to time and shall be determined according to the particular purposes of, and matter involved in, any proceeding.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.