{"id":1897,"date":"2022-03-30T12:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T12:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/statutes-california-laws\/?page_id=1897"},"modified":"2022-05-20T23:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T23:45:05","slug":"california-probate-code-will-contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/california-probate-code-will-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"California Probate Code Will Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-e878f05c31dff72941bf1e49a00d9ff5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Currrent as of February 4, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1div2gv-aa9e9812349a0ee518ae33b3892ca4c6\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l1div2gv-aa9e9812349a0ee518ae33b3892ca4c6 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:19px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l1div2gv-aa9e9812349a0ee518ae33b3892ca4c6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Probate Code \u00a7\u2002<span class=\"SS_prior SS_SH\">21310<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"SS_Banner\">Definitions<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>As used in this part:<\/p>\n<p><strong>(a)<\/strong> \u201cContest\u201d means a pleading filed with the court by a beneficiary that would result in a penalty under a no contest clause, if the no contest clause is enforced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(b)<\/strong> \u201cDirect contest\u201d means a contest that alleges the invalidity of a protected instrument or one or more of its terms, based on one or more of the following grounds:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1) Forgery.<br \/>\n(2) Lack of due execution.<br \/>\n(3) Lack of capacity.<br \/>\n(4) Menace, duress, fraud, or undue influence.<br \/>\n(5) Revocation of a will pursuant to Section 6120, revocation of a trust pursuant to Section 15401, or revocation of an instrument other than a will or trust pursuant to the procedure for revocation that is provided by statute or by the instrument.<br \/>\n(6) Disqualification of a beneficiary under Section 6112, 21350, or 21380.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(c)<\/strong> \u201cNo contest clause\u201d means a provision in an otherwise valid instrument that, if enforced, would penalize a beneficiary for filing a pleading in any court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(d)<\/strong> \u201cPleading\u201d means a petition, complaint, cross-complaint, objection, answer, response, or claim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(e)<\/strong> \u201cProtected instrument\u201d means all of the following instruments:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1) The instrument that contains the no contest clause.<br \/>\n(2) An instrument that is in existence on the date that the instrument containing the no contest clause is executed and is expressly identified in the no contest clause, either individually or as part of an identifiable class of instruments, as being governed by the no contest clause.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Added Stats 2008 ch 174 \u00a7 2 (SB 1264), effective January 1, 2009, operative January 1, 2010. 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