Wills and trusts: no contest clauses.
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
- Stage
- Session ended
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Jun 17, 2021
What it does
Existing law, in relation to wills, trusts, and other instruments, regulates no contest clauses, which are provisions in otherwise valid instruments that, if enforced, penalize beneficiaries if the beneficiaries file a contest with the court. Existing law specifies that a no contest clause will be enforced only against the following types of contests: a direct contest, as defined, that is brought without probable cause, a pleading to challenge a transfer of property on the grounds that it was not the transferor's property at the time of transfer, and the filing of a creditor's claim or prosecution of an action based on it.
Where it stands
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
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