Section 6242 Of Article 3. Form And Full Text Of Clauses From California Probate Code >> Division 6. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 3.
6242
. (a) Except as specifically provided in this chapter, a
California statutory will shall include only the texts of the
property disposition clauses and the mandatory clauses as they exist
on the day the California statutory will is executed.
(b) Sections 6205, 6206, and 6227 apply to every California
statutory will, including those executed before January 1, 1985.
Section 6211 applies only to California statutory wills executed
after July 1, 1991.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 6222, and except as provided in
subdivision (b), a California statutory will is governed by the law
that applied prior to January 1, 1992, if the California statutory
will is executed on a form that (1) was prepared for use under former
Sections 56 to 56.14, inclusive, or former Sections 6200 to 6248,
inclusive, of the Probate Code, and (2) satisfied the requirements of
law that applied prior to January 1, 1992.
(d) A California statutory will does not fail to satisfy the
requirements of subdivision (a) merely because the will is executed
on a form that incorporates the mandatory clauses of Section 6241
that refer to former Section 1120.2. If the will incorporates the
mandatory clauses with a reference to former Section 1120.2, the
trustee has the powers listed in Article 2 (commencing with Section
16220) of Chapter 2 of Part 4 of Division 9.