California · Probate Code
PROB §5046: Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the court’s authority to order a party to a dissolution or annulment of marriage to maintain the former spouse as a beneficiary on any nonprobate transfer
What this law says, in plain English
Courts may order a party in a divorce or annulment case to keep their former spouse as a beneficiary on certain nonprobate transfers.
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Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the court’s authority to order a party to a dissolution or annulment of marriage to maintain the former spouse as a beneficiary on any nonprobate transfer described in this chapter, or to preserve a joint tenancy in favor of the former spouse.
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