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CA Prob Code § 13545 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - Right of Surviving Spouse to Dispose of Property|Section 13545.

13545.  (a) After the death of a spouse, the surviving spouse, or the personal representative, guardian of the estate, or conservator of the estate of the surviving spouse has full power to sell, assign, pledge, or otherwise deal with and dispose of community or quasi-community property securities registered in the name of the surviving spouse alone, and the right, title, and interest of any purchaser, assignee, encumbrancer, or other transferee shall be free of the rights of the estate of the deceased spouse or of devisees or creditors of the deceased spouse to the same extent as if the deceased spouse had not died. (b) Nothing in this section affects or limits the liability of a surviving spouse under Sections 13550 to 13553, inclusive, and Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 13560).(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 56.)
CA Prob Code § 13550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 3 - Liability for Debts of Deceased Spouse|Section 13550.

13550.  Except as provided in Sections 11446, 13552, 13553, and 13554, upon the death of a married person, the surviving spouse is personally liable for the debts of the deceased spouse chargeable against the property described in Section 13551 to the extent provided in Section 13551.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13551 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 3 - Liability for Debts of Deceased Spouse|Section 13551.

13551.  The liability imposed by Section 13550 shall not exceed the fair market value at the date of the decedent’s death, less the amount of any liens and encumbrances, of the total of the following:(a) The portion of the one-half of the community and quasi-community property belonging to the surviving spouse under Sections 100 and 101 that is not exempt from enforcement of a money judgment and is not administered in the estate of the deceased spouse.(b) The portion of the one-half of the community and quasi-community property belonging to the decedent under Sections 100 and 101 that passes to the surviving spouse without administration.(c) The separate property of the decedent that passes to the surviving spouse without administration.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13552 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 3 - Liability for Debts of Deceased Spouse|Section 13552.

13552.  If proceedings are commenced in this state for the administration of the estate of the deceased spouse and the time for filing claims has commenced, any action upon the liability of the surviving spouse pursuant to Section 13550 is barred to the same extent as provided for claims under Part 4 (commencing with Section 9000) of Division 7, except as to the following:(a) Creditors who commence judicial proceedings for the enforcement of the debt and serve the surviving spouse with the complaint therein prior to the expiration of the time for filing claims.(b) Creditors who have or who secure the surviving spouse’s acknowledgment in writing of the liability of the surviving spouse for the debts.(c) Creditors who file a timely claim in the proceedings for the administration of the estate of the deceased spouse.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13553 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 3 - Liability for Debts of Deceased Spouse|Section 13553.

13553.  The surviving spouse is not liable under this chapter if all the property described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 13502 is administered under this code.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13554 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 3 - Liability for Debts of Deceased Spouse|Section 13554.

13554.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any debt described in Section 13550 may be enforced against the surviving spouse in the same manner as it could have been enforced against the deceased spouse if the deceased spouse had not died.(b) In any action or proceeding based upon the debt, the surviving spouse may assert any defense, cross-complaint, or setoff which would have been available to the deceased spouse if the deceased spouse had not died.(c) Section 366.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies in an action under this section.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 43. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Prob Code § 13560 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 3.5 - Liability for Decedent s Property|Section 13560.

13560.  For the purposes of this chapter, “decedent’s property” means the one-half of the community property that belongs to the decedent under Section 100 and the one-half of the quasi-community property that belongs to the decedent under Section 101.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 57.)
CA Prob Code § 13561 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 3.5 - Liability for Decedent s Property|Section 13561.

13561.  (a) If the decedent’s property is in the possession or control of the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent’s death, the surviving spouse is personally liable to the extent provided in Section 13563 to any person having a superior right by testate succession from the decedent. (b) An action to impose liability under this section is forever barred three years after the death of the decedent. The three-year period specified in this subdivision is not tolled for any reason.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 57.)
CA Prob Code § 13563 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 3.5 - Liability for Decedent s Property|Section 13563.

13563.  (a) The surviving spouse is not liable under Section 13561 if proceedings for the administration of the decedent’s estate are commenced and the surviving spouse satisfies the requirements of Section 13562.(b) The aggregate of the personal liability of the surviving spouse under Section 13561 shall not exceed the sum of the following:(1) The fair market value at the time of the decedent’s death, less the amount of any liens and encumbrances on the decedent’s property at that time, of the portion of the decedent’s property that passes to any person having a superior right by testate succession from the decedent.(2) The net income the surviving spouse received from the portion of the decedent’s property that passes to any person having a superior right by testate succession from the decedent.(3) If the decedent’s property has been disposed of, interest on the fair market value of the portion of the decedent’s property that passes to any person having a superior right by testate succession from the decedent from the date of disposition at the rate of 7 percent per annum. For the purposes of this paragraph, “fair market value” is fair market value, determined as of the time of disposition of the decedent’s property, less the amount of any liens and encumbrances on the decedent’s property at the time of the decedent’s death.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 122, Sec. 18. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Prob Code § 13564 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 3.5 - Liability for Decedent s Property|Section 13564.

13564.  The remedies available under Sections 13561 to 13563, inclusive, are in addition to any remedies available by reason of any fraud or intentional wrongdoing.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 57.)
CA Prob Code § 13565 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 3.5 - Liability for Decedent s Property|Section 13565.

13565.  If the court finds that the surviving spouse has acted reasonably and in good faith under the circumstances as known to the surviving spouse, the court may, in its discretion, excuse the surviving spouse from liability to pay interest, in whole or in part, under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 13562, paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 13562, or paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 13563, if it would be equitable to do so.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 122, Sec. 19. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Prob Code § 13600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 4 - Collection by Affidavit of Compensation Owed to Deceased Spouse|Section 13600.

13600.  (a) At any time after a spouse dies, the surviving spouse or the guardian or conservator of the estate of the surviving spouse may, without procuring letters of administration or awaiting probate of the will, collect salary or other compensation owed by an employer for personal services of the deceased spouse, including compensation for unused vacation, not in excess of sixteen thousand six hundred twenty-five dollars ($16,625), as adjusted periodically in accordance with Section 890, net.(b) Not more than sixteen thousand six hundred twenty-five dollars ($16,625), as adjusted periodically in accordance with Section 890, net in the aggregate may be collected by or for the surviving spouse under this chapter from all of the employers of the decedent.(c) For the purposes of this chapter, a guardian or conservator of the estate of the surviving spouse may act on behalf of the surviving spouse without authorization or approval of the court in which the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding is pending.(d) The dollar limit set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) does not apply to the surviving spouse or the guardian or conservator of the estate of the surviving spouse of a firefighter or peace officer described in subdivision (a) of Section 22820 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 122, Sec. 20. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Prob Code § 13602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 4 - Collection by Affidavit of Compensation Owed to Deceased Spouse|Section 13602.

13602.  If the requirements of Section 13600 are satisfied, the employer to whom the affidavit or declaration is presented shall promptly pay the earnings of the decedent, including compensation for unused vacation, as provided in Section 13600, to the person presenting the affidavit or declaration.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 122, Sec. 22. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Prob Code § 13603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 4 - Collection by Affidavit of Compensation Owed to Deceased Spouse|Section 13603.

13603.  If the requirements of Section 13601 are satisfied, receipt by the employer of the affidavit or declaration constitutes sufficient acquittance for the compensation paid pursuant to this chapter and discharges the employer from any further liability with respect to the compensation paid. The employer may rely in good faith on the statements in the affidavit or declaration and has no duty to inquire into the truth of any statement in the affidavit or declaration.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 4 - Collection by Affidavit of Compensation Owed to Deceased Spouse|Section 13604.

13604.  (a) If the employer refuses to pay as required by this chapter, the surviving spouse may recover the amount the surviving spouse is entitled to receive under this chapter in an action brought for that purpose against the employer. (b) If an action is brought against the employer under this section, the court shall award reasonable attorney’s fees to the surviving spouse if the court finds that the employer acted unreasonably in refusing to pay as required by this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 4 - Collection by Affidavit of Compensation Owed to Deceased Spouse|Section 13605.

13605.  (a) Nothing in this chapter limits the rights of the heirs or devisees of the deceased spouse. Payment of a decedent’s compensation pursuant to this chapter does not preclude later proceedings for administration of the decedent’s estate.(b) Any person to whom payment is made under this chapter is answerable and accountable therefor to the personal representative of the decedent’s estate and is liable for the amount of the payment to any other person having a superior right to the payment received. In addition to any other liability the person has under this section, a person who fraudulently secures a payment under this chapter is liable to a person having a superior right to the payment for three times the amount of the payment.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 4 - Collection by Affidavit of Compensation Owed to Deceased Spouse|Section 13606.

13606.  The procedure provided in this chapter is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other method of collecting compensation owed to a decedent.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 5 - Determination or Confirmation of Property Passing or Belonging to Surviving Spouse|Section 13650.

13650.  (a) A surviving spouse or the personal representative, guardian of the estate, or conservator of the estate of the surviving spouse may file a petition in the superior court of the county in which the estate of the deceased spouse may be administered requesting an order that administration of all or part of the estate is not necessary for the reason that all or part of the estate is property passing to the surviving spouse. The petition may also request an order confirming the ownership of the surviving spouse of property belonging to the surviving spouse under Section 100 or 101.(b) To the extent of the election, this section does not apply to property that the petitioner has elected, as provided in Section 13502, to have administered under this code.(c) A guardian or conservator may file a petition under this section without authorization or approval of the court in which the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding is pending.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13652 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 5 - Determination or Confirmation of Property Passing or Belonging to Surviving Spouse|Section 13652.

13652.  If proceedings for the administration of the estate of the deceased spouse are pending, a petition under this chapter shall be filed in those proceedings without the payment of an additional fee.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13653 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 5 - Determination or Confirmation of Property Passing or Belonging to Surviving Spouse|Section 13653.

13653.  If proceedings for the administration of the estate of the deceased spouse are not pending, a petition under this chapter may, but need not, be filed with a petition for probate of the will of the deceased spouse or for administration of the estate of the deceased spouse.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13654 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 5 - Determination or Confirmation of Property Passing or Belonging to Surviving Spouse|Section 13654.

13654.  The filing of a petition under this chapter does not preclude the court from admitting the will of the deceased spouse to probate or appointing a personal representative of the estate of the deceased spouse upon the petition of any person legally entitled, including any petition for probate of the will or for administration of the estate which is filed with a petition filed under this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13655 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 5 - Determination or Confirmation of Property Passing or Belonging to Surviving Spouse|Section 13655.

13655.  (a) If proceedings for the administration of the estate of the deceased spouse are pending at the time a petition is filed under this chapter, or if the proceedings are not pending and if the petition filed under this chapter is not filed with a petition for probate of the deceased spouse’s will or for administration of the estate of the deceased spouse, notice of the hearing on the petition filed under this chapter shall be given as provided in Section 1220 to all of the following persons:(1) Each person listed in Section 1220 and each person named as executor in any will of the deceased spouse.(2) All devisees and known heirs of the deceased spouse and, if the petitioner is the trustee of a trust that is a devisee under the will of the decedent, all persons interested in the trust, as determined in cases of future interests pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 15804.(b) The notice specified in subdivision (a) shall also be delivered as provided in subdivision (a) to the Attorney General, addressed to the office of the Attorney General at Sacramento, if the petitioner bases the allegation that all or part of the estate of the deceased spouse is property passing to the surviving spouse upon the will of the deceased spouse and the will involves or may involve either of the following:(1) A testamentary trust of property for charitable purposes other than a charitable trust with a designated trustee, resident in this state.(2) A devise for a charitable purpose without an identified devisee or beneficiary.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 319, Sec. 85. (AB 976) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Prob Code § 13656 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 5 - Determination or Confirmation of Property Passing or Belonging to Surviving Spouse|Section 13656.

13656.  (a) If the court finds that all of the estate of the deceased spouse is property passing to the surviving spouse, the court shall issue an order describing the property, determining that the property is property passing to the surviving spouse, and determining that no administration is necessary. The court may issue any further orders which may be necessary to cause delivery of the property or its proceeds to the surviving spouse.(b) If the court finds that all or part of the estate of the deceased spouse is not property passing to the surviving spouse, the court shall issue an order (1) describing any property which is not property passing to the surviving spouse, determining that that property does not pass to the surviving spouse and determining that that property is subject to administration under this code and (2) describing the property, if any, which is property passing to the surviving spouse, determining that that property passes to the surviving spouse, and determining that no administration of that property is necessary. If the court determines that property passes to the surviving spouse, the court may issue any further orders which may be necessary to cause delivery of that property or its proceeds to the surviving spouse.(c) If the petition filed under this chapter includes a description of the interest of the surviving spouse in the community or quasi-community property, or both, which belongs to the surviving spouse pursuant to Section 100 or 101 and the court finds that the interest belongs to the surviving spouse, the court shall issue an order describing the property and confirming the ownership of the surviving spouse and may issue any further orders which may be necessary to cause ownership of the property to be confirmed in the surviving spouse.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13657 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 5 - Determination or Confirmation of Property Passing or Belonging to Surviving Spouse|Section 13657.

13657.  Upon becoming final, an order under Section 13656 (1) determining that property is property passing to the surviving spouse or (2) confirming the ownership of the surviving spouse of property belonging to the surviving spouse under Section 100 or 101 shall be conclusive on all persons, whether or not they are in being.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13658 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 8 - DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|PART 2 - PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TO SURVIVING SPOUSE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 5 - Determination or Confirmation of Property Passing or Belonging to Surviving Spouse|Section 13658.

13658.  If the court determines that all or a part of the property passing to the surviving spouse consists of an unincorporated business or an interest in an unincorporated business which the deceased spouse was operating or managing at the time of death, the court shall require the surviving spouse to file a list of all of the known creditors of the business and the amounts owing to each of them. The court may issue any order necessary to protect the interests of the creditors of the business, including, but not limited to, the filing of (1) an undertaking and (2) an inventory and appraisal in the form provided in Section 8802 and made as provided in Part 3 (commencing with Section 8800) of Division 7.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)