Civil Code section 726

When one or more persons for whose benefit an accumulation of income has been directed is or are destitute of other sufficient means of support or education, the proper court, upon application, may direct a suitable sum to be applied thereto out of the fund directed to be accumulated for the benefit of such person or persons.

Source: Section 726, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=726. (updated Jan. 1, 1929; accessed Sep. 8, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_726

Original Source: Section 726, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=726. (last accessed May 12, 2025).