California Probate Code 5046 – Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the court’s authority to …
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Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the court’s authority to order a party to a dissolution or annulment of marriage to maintain the former spouse as a beneficiary on any nonprobate transfer described in this chapter, or to preserve a joint tenancy in favor of the former spouse.
(Added by renumbering Section 5603 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 15. (AB 139) Effective January 1, 2016.)
Terms Used In California Probate Code 5046
- Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
- Spouse: includes domestic partner, as defined in Section 37 of this code, as required by §. See California Probate Code 72