Cal. PROB § 21211
This is the official text of Cal. PROB § 21211, part of California’s Probate Code — governs wills, trusts, estates, and conservatorships.
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Official statutory text
For purposes of this chapter:
(a) If there is a person who alone can exercise a power created by a governing instrument to become the unqualified beneficial owner of (1) a nonvested property interest or (2) a property interest subject to a power of appointment described in Section 21206 or 21207, the nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created when the power to become the unqualified beneficial owner terminates.
(b) A joint power with respect to community property held by individuals married to each other is a power exercisable by one person alone.
(a) If there is a person who alone can exercise a power created by a governing instrument to become the unqualified beneficial owner of (1) a nonvested property interest or (2) a property interest subject to a power of appointment described in Section 21206 or 21207, the nonvested property interest or power of appointment is created when the power to become the unqualified beneficial owner terminates.
(b) A joint power with respect to community property held by individuals married to each other is a power exercisable by one person alone.
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