{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-5704","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 5704","heading":"","body":"(a) A gift in view of impending death is revoked by:\n(1) The giver’s recovery from the illness, or escape from the peril, under the presence of which it was made.\n(2) The death of the donee before the death of the giver.\n(b) A gift in view of impending death may be revoked by:\n(1) The giver at any time.\n(2) The giver’s will if the will expresses an intention to revoke the gift.\n(c) A gift in view of impending death is not affected by a previous will of the giver.\n(d) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), when the gift has been delivered to the donee, the rights of a purchaser or encumbrancer, acting before the revocation in good faith, for a valuable consideration, and without knowledge of the conditional nature of the gift, are not affected by the revocation.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS [5000. - 5705.]","PART 5. GIFTS IN VIEW OF IMPENDING DEATH [5700. - 5705.]"],"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":"04166a1dbfed8c5a0f0403f558f7bb4bec47c4145c45dba20770b3b9e8432392","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-5703","next":"us-ca/prob-5705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}