Section 20110 Of Article 2. Proration From California Probate Code >> Division 10. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
20110
. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any estate tax
shall be equitably prorated among the persons interested in the
estate in the manner prescribed in this article.
(b) This section does not apply:
(1) To the extent the decedent in a written inter vivos or
testamentary instrument disposing of property specifically directs
that the property be applied to the satisfaction of an estate tax or
that an estate tax be prorated to the property in the manner provided
in the instrument. As used in this paragraph, an "instrument
disposing of property" includes an instrument that creates an
interest in property or an amendment to an instrument that disposes
of property or creates an interest in property.
(2) Where federal law directs otherwise. If federal law directs
the manner of proration of the federal estate tax, the California
estate tax shall be prorated in the same manner.