Probate Code section 1023

If a petitioner, objector, or respondent is absent from the county or for some other cause is unable to sign or verify a petition, objection, or response filed pursuant to this code, the person’s attorney may sign or verify the petition, objection, or response unless the person is a fiduciary appointed in the proceeding.

Source: Section 1023, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=1023. (updated Jan. 1, 1990; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_1023

Original Source: Section 1023, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=1023. (last accessed May 12, 2025).