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Cal. Probate Code § 50 (2026)
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“Issue” of a person means all his or her lineal descendants of all generations, with the relationship of parent and child at each generation being determined by the definitions of child and parent.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 31
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1947–2025 · leading case: Oveissi v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 498 F. Supp. 2d 268 (D.D.C. 2007).
Oveissi v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 498 F. Supp. 2d 268 (D.D.C. 2007). “Cal. Prob.Code §§ 50, 6402(a) (2007). These issue shall take “equally if they are all of the same degree of kinship to the decedent, but if of unequal degree those of more remote degree take in the manner provided in section 240.”
Est. of Hawkins, 194 Cal. App. 3d 102 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987). “" Probate Code section 50 which governs the construction of the term "issue" set forth in section 6402 (see Prob.”
Cheyanna M. v. A.C. Nielsen Co., 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7224 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). “” (Prob. Code, § 50, *867 italics added.) “Child” means “any individual entitled to take as a child under this code by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved.”
Mills v. Kelly, 660 P.2d 124 (N.M. Ct. App. 1983). “Cal.Probate Code § 50 (West 1956). Similarly, in New Mexico, when a testator directs that an individual sign a will for him on his behalf, § 45-2-502(B) requires publication or some manifestation by the testator that the instrument is being signed “at his request as and for his…”
A.G. v. Cnty. of L. A., 239 Cal. Rptr. 3d 162 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). “) "Parent" is defined as "any individual entitled to take as a parent under this code by intestate succession from the child whose relationship is involved.”
Harrison v. City Nat'l Bank of Clinton, Iowa, 210 F. Supp. 362 (S.D. Iowa 1962). “Cal.Prob.Code, § 50(4); Iowa Code, § 633.”
Est. of Cecala, 208 P.2d 436 (Cal. Ct. App. 1949). “Admittedly the signatures of R. Anzalone, P. Morroni, Rosi Morroni and Rosaría Cecala are genuine.”
Est. of Furia, 126 Cal. Rptr. 2d 384 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002). “Probate Code section 50 [2] defines "issue" as a person's "lineal descendants of all generations, with the relationship of parent and child at each generation being determined by the definitions of child and parent.”
Twohig v. Sweeney, 178 Cal. App. 3d 555 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986). “) 1 Probate Code section 50, subdivision (1), requires that a will “must be subscribed at the end thereof by the testator himself .”
Nickson v. Filtrol Corp., 262 A.2d 267 (Del. Ch. 1970). “Bantrell tacitly concedes that the Act requires two attesting witnesses, Cal. Probate Code, § 50, and his declaration has none.”
Jackson v. Jackson Hospitals, Inc., 320 P.2d 563 (Cal. Ct. App. 1958). “Appellants claim it was error to instruct the jury on those requirements of due execution of a will (Prob. Code, §50) concerning which the evidence, without conflict, showed compliance.”
Fallon v. Am. Trust Co., 176 Cal. App. 2d 381 (Cal. Ct. App. 1959). “” *383 Section 1973, subdivision 6, of the Code of Civil Procedure, is of similar import; Probate Code, section 50, requires that “ [e] very will, other than a nuncupative will, must be in writing and every will, other than a holographic will and a nuncupative will, must be…”
— Cal. Probate Code § 50(1) — 1 case
In re Kossack, 113 F. Supp. 884 (S.D. Cal. 1953).
— Cal. Probate Code § 50(4) — 1 case
Harrison v. City Nat'l Bank of Clinton, Iowa, 210 F. Supp. 362 (S.D. Iowa 1962). “Cal.Prob.Code, § 50(4); Iowa Code, § 633.”
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