{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-8461","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 8461","heading":"","body":"Subject to the provisions of this article, a person in the following relation to the decedent is entitled to appointment as administrator in the following order of priority:\n(a) Surviving spouse or domestic partner as defined in Section 37.\n(b) Children.\n(c) Grandchildren.\n(d) Other issue.\n(e) Parents.\n(f) Brothers and sisters.\n(g) Issue of brothers and sisters.\n(h) Grandparents.\n(i) Issue of grandparents.\n(j) Children of a predeceased spouse or domestic partner.\n(k) Other issue of a predeceased spouse or domestic partner.\n(l) Other next of kin.\n(m) Parents of a predeceased spouse or domestic partner.\n(n) Issue of parents of a predeceased spouse or domestic partner.\n(o) Conservator or guardian of the estate acting in that capacity at the time of death who has filed a first account and is not acting as conservator or guardian for any other person.\n(p) Public administrator.\n(q) Creditors.\n(r) Any other person.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 7. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF DECEDENTS [7000. - 12591.]","PART 2. OPENING ESTATE ADMINISTRATION [8000. - 8577.]","CHAPTER 4. Appointment of Personal Representative [8400. - 8577.]","ARTICLE 4. Administrators [8460. - 8469.]"],"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":"ed6b60616acedc1fab88eafab49a1786d921f89e70d9222833e234653297ae02","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-8460","next":"us-ca/prob-8462"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}