Section 226 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Probate Code >> Division 2. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 1.

. This chapter does not apply where a person the priority of whose death is in issue died before January 1, 1985, and the law applicable prior to January 1, 1985, continues to apply where none of the persons the priority of whose death is in issue died on or after January 1, 1985.