Probate Code - PROB
DIVISION 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS [5000 - 5705]
( Division 5 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. ) PART 1. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EFFECT OF DEATH [5000 - 5048]
( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. ) CHAPTER 2. Nonprobate Transfers of Community Property [5010 - 5032]
( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 51, Sec. 6. ) ARTICLE 2. Consent to Nonprobate Transfer [5020 - 5023]
( Article 2 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 51, Sec. 6. ) 5022.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death is not a transmutation of the consenting spouse’s interest in the property.
(b) This chapter does not apply to a spouse’s written consent to a provision for a nonprobate transfer of community property on death that satisfies Section 852 of the Family Code. Such a consent is a transmutation and is governed by the law applicable to transmutations.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 224.3. Effective January 1, 1994.)