California Probate Code 8440 – An administrator with the will annexed shall be appointed as personal …
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An administrator with the will annexed shall be appointed as personal representative if no executor is named in the will or if the sole executor or all the executors named in the will have waived the right to appointment or are for any reason unwilling or unable to act.
(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
Terms Used In California Probate Code 8440
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- 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