{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-13006","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 13006","heading":"","body":"“Successor of the decedent” means:\n(a) If the decedent died leaving a will, the sole beneficiary or all of the beneficiaries who succeeded to a particular item of property of the decedent under the decedent’s will. For the purposes of this part, a trust is a beneficiary under the decedent’s will if the trust succeeds to the particular item of property under the decedent’s will.\n(b) If the decedent died without a will, the sole person or all of the persons who succeeded to the particular item of property of the decedent under Sections 6401 and 6402 or, if the law of a sister state or foreign nation governs succession to the particular item of property, under the law of the sister state or foreign nation.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 8. DISPOSITION OF ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION [13000. - 13660.]","PART 1. COLLECTION OR TRANSFER OF SMALL ESTATE WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION [13000. - 13211.]","CHAPTER 1. Definitions [13000. - 13007.]"],"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":"f430d5b9efc9c87a3e7372af89e42b6daa64466ab842faa9944c78b3d4b08002","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-13005","next":"us-ca/prob-13007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}