Section 13501 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Probate Code >> Division 8. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1.
13501
. Except as provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section
6600) of Division 6 and in Part 1 (commencing with Section 13000) of
this division, the following property of the decedent is subject to
administration under this code:
(a) Property passing to someone other than the surviving spouse
under the decedent's will or by intestate succession.
(b) Property disposed of in trust under the decedent's will.
(c) Property in which the decedent's will limits the surviving
spouse to a qualified ownership. For the purposes of this
subdivision, a devise to the surviving spouse that is conditioned on
the spouse surviving the decedent by a specified period of time is
not a "qualified ownership" interest if the specified period of time
has expired.