Probate Code section 6410

(a)

A debt owed to the decedent is not charged against the intestate share of any person except the debtor.

(b)

If the debtor fails to survive the decedent, the debt is not taken into account in computing the intestate share of the debtor’s issue.

Source: Section 6410, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=6410. (updated Jan. 1, 1990; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

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Last Updated

Jan. 1, 1990

§ 6410’s source at ca.gov

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Original Source: Section 6410, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=6410. (last accessed May 12, 2025).