Section 147 Of Part 3. Contractual Arrangements Relating To Rights At Death From California Probate Code >> Division 2. >> Part 3.
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. (a) Subject to subdivisions (c) and (d), a waiver, agreement,
or property settlement made after December 31, 1984, is invalid
insofar as it affects the rights listed in subdivision (a) of Section
141 unless it satisfies the requirements of this chapter.
(b) Nothing in this chapter affects the validity or effect of any
waiver, agreement, or property settlement made prior to January 1,
1985, and the validity and effect of such waiver, agreement, or
property settlement shall continue to be determined by the law
applicable to the waiver, agreement, or settlement prior to January
1, 1985.
(c) Nothing in this chapter affects the validity or effect of any
premarital property agreement, whether made prior to, on, or after
January 1, 1985, insofar as the premarital property agreement affects
the rights listed in subdivision (a) of Section 141, and the
validity and effect of such premarital property agreement shall be
determined by the law otherwise applicable to the premarital property
agreement. Nothing in this subdivision limits the enforceability
under this chapter of a waiver made under this chapter by a person
intending to marry that is otherwise enforceable under this chapter.
(d) Nothing in this chapter limits any right one spouse otherwise
has to revoke a consent or election to disposition of his or her half
of the community or quasi-community property under the will of the
other spouse.