Community property in trust.
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Assembly
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Apr 13, 2026
What it does
Existing law establishes procedures for the creation, modification, and termination of a trust, and regulates the administration of trusts by trustees on behalf of beneficiaries. Under existing law, upon the death of a person who is married or in a registered domestic partnership, 12 of the community property and quasi-community property belongs to the surviving spouse, unless the spouses have agreed in writing to divide the property in another manner. Existing law authorizes a decedent's surviving spouse to require the transferee of quasi-community property in which the surviving spouse had an expectancy at the time of transfer to restore to the decedent's estate 12 of the property if the…
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