Section 6347 Of Chapter 9. Devise Subject To California Uniform Transfers To Minors Act From California Probate Code >> Division 6. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9.
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. (a) Except as otherwise provided in the will or ordered by a
court, each custodian designated in the will and the person for whom
the property is to be held shall be deemed a devisee for the purpose
of receiving notices which may be required or permitted to be sent to
a devisee in the estate of the testator.
(b) Unless required by the will or ordered by the court, a
custodian does not have a duty to participate in the proceedings in
the estate on behalf of the minor, and in no event does the custodian
have a duty to so participate until the custodian has filed a
written notice of acceptance of the office of custodian with the
clerk of the court in which administration of the estate of the
testator is pending.