Probate Code section 13006

“Successor of the decedent” means:

(a)

If the decedent died leaving a will, the sole beneficiary or all of the beneficiaries who succeeded to a particular item of property of the decedent under the decedent’s will. For the purposes of this part, a trust is a beneficiary under the decedent’s will if the trust succeeds to the particular item of property under the decedent’s will.

(b)

If the decedent died without a will, the sole person or all of the persons who succeeded to the particular item of property of the decedent under Section 6401 and 6402 or, if the law of a sister state or foreign nation governs succession to the particular item of property, under the law of the sister state or foreign nation.

Source: Section 13006, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=13006.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1991; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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