Section 13651 Of Chapter 5. Determination Or Confirmation Of Property Passing Or Belonging To Surviving Spouse From California Probate Code >> Division 8. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 5.
13651
. (a) A petition filed pursuant to Section 13650 shall allege
that administration of all or a part of the estate of the deceased
spouse is not necessary for the reason that all or a part of the
estate is property passing to the surviving spouse, and shall set
forth all of the following information:
(1) If proceedings for the administration of the estate are not
pending, the facts necessary to determine the county in which the
estate of the deceased spouse may be administered.
(2) A description of the property of the deceased spouse which the
petitioner alleges is property passing to the surviving spouse,
including the trade or business name of any property passing to the
surviving spouse that consists of an unincorporated business or an
interest in an unincorporated business which the deceased spouse was
operating or managing at the time of death, subject to any written
agreement between the deceased spouse and the surviving spouse
providing for a non pro rata division of the aggregate value of the
community property assets or quasi-community assets, or both.
(3) The facts upon which the petitioner bases the allegation that
all or a part of the estate of the deceased spouse is property
passing to the surviving spouse.
(4) A description of any interest in the community property or
quasi-community property, or both, which the petitioner requests the
court to confirm to the surviving spouse as belonging to the
surviving spouse pursuant to Section 100 or 101, subject to any
written agreement between the deceased spouse and the surviving
spouse providing for a non pro rata division of the aggregate value
of the community property assets or quasi-community assets, or both.
(5) The name, age, address, and relation to the deceased spouse of
each heir and devisee of the deceased spouse, the names and
addresses of all persons named as executors of the will of the
deceased spouse, and the names and addresses of all persons appointed
as personal representatives of the deceased spouse, which are known
to the petitioner.
Disclosure of any written agreement between the deceased spouse
and the surviving spouse providing for a non pro rata division of the
aggregate value of the community property assets or quasi-community
property assets, or both, or the affirmative statement that this
agreement does not exist. If a dispute arises as to the division of
the community property assets or quasi-community property assets, or
both, pursuant to this agreement, the court shall determine the
division subject to terms and conditions or other remedies that
appear equitable under the circumstances of the case, taking into
account the rights of all interested persons.
(b) If the petitioner bases the allegation that all or part of the
estate of the deceased spouse is property passing to the surviving
spouse upon the will of the deceased spouse, a copy of the will shall
be attached to the petition.
(c) If the petitioner bases the description of the property of the
deceased spouse passing to the surviving spouse or the property to
be confirmed to the surviving spouse, or both, upon a written
agreement between the deceased spouse and the surviving spouse
providing for a non pro rata division of the aggregate value of the
community property assets or quasi-community assets, or both, a copy
of the agreement shall be attached to the petition.