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Probate Code - PROB

DIVISION 1 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS [1. - 88]

  ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. )
  

PART 2. DEFINITIONS [20 - 88]

  ( Part 2 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. )
  
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“Beneficiary” means a person to whom a donative transfer of property is made or that person’s successor in interest, and:

(a) As it relates to the intestate estate of a decedent, means an heir.

(b) As it relates to the testate estate of a decedent, means a devisee.

(c) As it relates to a trust, means a person who has any present or future interest, vested or contingent.

(d) As it relates to a charitable trust, includes any person entitled to enforce the trust.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)