Probate Code - PROB
DIVISION 11. CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS, TRUSTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS [21101 - 21700]
( Division 11 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. ) PART 6. FAMILY PROTECTION: OMITTED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN [21600 - 21630]
( Part 6 added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 724, Sec. 34. ) CHAPTER 3. Omitted Children [21620 - 21623]
( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 724, Sec. 34. ) 21620.
Except as provided in Section 21621, if a decedent fails to provide in a testamentary instrument for a child of decedent born or adopted after the execution of all of the decedent’s testamentary instruments, the omitted child shall receive a share in the decedent’s estate equal in value to that which the child would have received if the decedent had died without having executed any testamentary instrument.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 724, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 1998.)