Cal. PROB § 6381
This is the official text of Cal. PROB § 6381, part of California’s Probate Code — governs wills, trusts, estates, and conservatorships.
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Official statutory text
(a) A will is valid as regards form, irrespective particularly of the place where it is made, of the location of the assets and of the nationality, domicile, or residence of the testator, if it is made in the form of an international will complying with the requirements of this chapter.
(b) The invalidity of the will as an international will does not affect its formal validity as a will of another kind.
(c) This chapter does not apply to the form of testamentary dispositions made by two or more persons in one instrument.
(b) The invalidity of the will as an international will does not affect its formal validity as a will of another kind.
(c) This chapter does not apply to the form of testamentary dispositions made by two or more persons in one instrument.
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