{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-1207","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 1207","heading":"","body":"(a) Subject to subdivision (b), where notice is required to be given to a decedent’s beneficiaries, devisees, or heirs, notice need not be given to a person who, because of a possible parent-child relationship between a stepchild and a stepparent or between a foster child and a foster parent, may be (1) an heir of the decedent or (2) a member of a class to which a devise is made.\n(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply where the person required to give the notice has actual knowledge of facts that a person would reasonably believe give rise under Section 6454 to the parent-child relationship between the stepchild and the stepparent or between the foster child and the foster parent.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF A PROCEDURAL NATURE [1000. - 1312.]","PART 2. NOTICES AND CITATIONS [1200. - 1266.]","CHAPTER 1. General Notice Provisions [1200. - 1214.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ff776fb04ce06a326340000298619c94414139201ab4e45f89da388da5dfa861","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-1206","next":"us-ca/prob-1208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}