California Probate Code 1250 – (a) At any time after the issuance of letters in a proceeding …
(a) At any time after the issuance of letters in a proceeding under this code for the administration of a decedent‘s estate, any person interested in the estate, whether as devisee, heir, creditor, beneficiary under a trust, or as otherwise interested, may, in person or by attorney, file with the court clerk a written request for special notice.
(b) The request for special notice shall be so entitled and shall set forth the name of the person and the address to which notices shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215.
Terms Used In California Probate Code 1250
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Devisee: means any person designated in a will to receive a devise. See California Probate Code 34
- Heir: means any person, including the surviving spouse, who is entitled to take property of the decedent by intestate succession under this code. See California Probate Code 44
- Person: means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other entity. See California Probate Code 56
- Personal representative: means executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, special administrator, successor personal representative, public administrator acting pursuant to Section 7660, or a person who performs substantially the same function under the law of another jurisdiction governing the person's status. See California Probate Code 58
- Probate: Proving a will
- Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership and includes both real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Probate Code 62
- Trust: includes the following:
California Probate Code 82
(c) Special notice may be requested of one or more of the following matters:
(1) Petitions filed in the administration proceeding.
(2) Inventories and appraisals of property in the estate, including any supplemental inventories and appraisals.
(3) Objections to an appraisal.
(4) Accounts of a personal representative.
(5) Reports of status of administration.
(d) Special notice may be requested of any matter in subdivision (c) by describing it, or of all the matters in subdivision (c) by referring generally to “the matters described in subdivision (c) of § 1250 of the Probate Code” or by using words of similar meaning.
(e) A copy of the request shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215 to the personal representative or to the attorney for the personal representative. If personally delivered, the request is effective when it is delivered. If mailed or electronically delivered, the request is effective when it is received.
(f) If the original of the request is filed with the court clerk, it shall be accompanied by a written admission or proof of service.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 319, Sec. 22. (AB 976) Effective January 1, 2018.)