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Trust Law

California · PROB · §§ 15000 to 19403 · 351 sections

Overview

The Trust Law governs the creation, operation, and dissolution of trusts under California law. It sets out the requirements for validly forming a trust and establishes general rules that apply across the trust relationship. It also limits the extent to which a beneficiary's interest may be transferred voluntarily or reached by creditors, and provides the procedures by which an existing trust may be modified or brought to an end.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 291 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 1 Cal. App. 4th 1093 - Pierce v. Lyman

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