Cal. PROB § 3701
This is the official text of Cal. PROB § 3701, part of California’s Probate Code — governs wills, trusts, estates, and conservatorships.
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Official statutory text
Upon petition as provided in this chapter, the court may set aside to the family of an absentee personal property of the absentee situated in this state for the purpose of managing, controlling, encumbering, selling, or conveying, or otherwise engaging in any transaction with respect to the property, if the court determines that to do so will be in the best interest of the absentee, including the interest of the absentee in providing for shelter, food, health care, education, transportation, or the maintenance of a reasonable and adequate standard of living for the family of the absentee. The absentee’s interest in the property set aside shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
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