Probate Code section 21370

“Independent attorney” means an attorney who has no legal, business, financial, professional, or personal relationship with the beneficiary of a donative transfer at issue under this part, and who would not be appointed as a fiduciary or receive any pecuniary benefit as a result of the operation of the instrument containing the donative transfer at issue under this part.

Source: Section 21370, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=21370. (accessed Apr. 24, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_21370

Original Source: Section 21370, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=21370. (last accessed Apr. 24, 2025).