Section 250 Of Part 7. Effect Of Homicide Or Abuse Of An Elder Or Dependent Adult From California Probate Code >> Division 2. >> Part 7.
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. (a) A person who feloniously and intentionally kills the
decedent is not entitled to any of the following:
(1) Any property, interest, or benefit under a will of the
decedent, or a trust created by or for the benefit of the decedent or
in which the decedent has an interest, including any general or
special power of appointment conferred by the will or trust on the
killer and any nomination of the killer as executor, trustee,
guardian, or conservator or custodian made by the will or trust.
(2) Any property of the decedent by intestate succession.
(3) Any of the decedent's quasi-community property the killer
would otherwise acquire under Section 101 or 102 upon the death of
the decedent.
(4) Any property of the decedent under Division 5 (commencing with
Section 5000).
(5) Any property of the decedent under Part 3 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Division 6.
(b) In the cases covered by subdivision (a):
(1) The property interest or benefit referred to in paragraph (1)
of subdivision (a) passes as if the killer had predeceased the
decedent and Section 21110 does not apply.
(2) Any property interest or benefit referred to in paragraph (1)
of subdivision (a) which passes under a power of appointment and by
reason of the death of the decedent passes as if the killer had
predeceased the decedent, and Section 673 does not apply.
(3) Any nomination in a will or trust of the killer as executor,
trustee, guardian, conservator, or custodian which becomes effective
as a result of the death of the decedent shall be interpreted as if
the killer had predeceased the decedent.