California Probate Code
§ 1207
PROB § 1207 Effective Jan 1, 1994Div. 3 · Part 2 · Ch. 1
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)Subject to subdivision (b), where notice is required to be given to a decedent’s beneficiaries, devisees, or heirs, notice need not be given to a person who, because of a possible parent-child relationship between a stepchild and a stepparent or between a foster child and a foster parent, may be (1) an heir of the decedent or (2) a member of a class to which a devise is made.
(b)Subdivision (a) does not apply where the person required to give the notice has actual knowledge of facts that a person would reasonably believe give rise under Section 6454 to the parent-child relationship between the stepchild and the stepparent or between the foster child and the foster parent.
Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 529, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.