Probate Code - PROB
DIVISION 11. CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS, TRUSTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS [21101 - 21700]
( Division 11 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. ) PART 1. RULES FOR INTERPRETATION OF INSTRUMENTS [21101 - 21140]
( Part 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 806, Sec. 41. ) CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [21101 - 21118]
( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 806, Sec. 41. ) 21103.
The meaning and legal effect of a disposition in an instrument is determined by the local law of a particular state selected by the transferor in the instrument unless the application of that law is contrary to the rights of the surviving spouse to community and quasi-community property, to any other public policy of this state applicable to the disposition, or, in the case of a will, to Part 3 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 6.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 138, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2003.)