Probate Code section 6208

(a)

If a California statutory will states that a person shall perform an act, the person is required to perform that act.

(b)

If a California statutory will states that a person may do an act, the person’s decision to do or not to do the act shall be made in the exercise of the person’s fiduciary powers.

Source: Section 6208, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=6208.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1991; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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