The person named as executor in the decedent‘s will has the right to appointment as personal representative.

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

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Terms Used In California Probate Code 8420

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • 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
  • Will: includes codicil and any testamentary instrument which merely appoints an executor or revokes or revises another will. See California Probate Code 88