Probate Code section 21374

(a)

A person who is “related by blood or affinity” to a specified person means any of the following persons:

(1)

A spouse or domestic partner of the specified person.

(2)

A relative within a specified degree of kinship to the specified person or within a specified degree of kinship to the spouse or domestic partner of the specified person.

(3)

The spouse or domestic partner of a person described in paragraph (2).

(b)

For the purposes of this section, “spouse or domestic partner” includes a predeceased spouse or predeceased domestic partner.

(c)

In determining a relationship under this section, Section 6406 and 6407, and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6450) of Part 2 of Division 6, are applicable.

Source: Section 21374, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=21374.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2011; accessed Jul. 20, 2026).

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