Section 6522 Of Chapter 3. Setting Aside Probate Homestead From California Probate Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3.
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. (a) The probate homestead shall be selected out of the
following property, giving first preference to the community and
quasi-community property of, or property owned in common by, the
decedent and the person entitled to have the homestead set apart:
(1) If the homestead is set apart for the use of the surviving
spouse or for the use of the surviving spouse and minor children, out
of community property or quasi-community property.
(2) If the homestead is set apart for the use of the surviving
spouse or for the use of the minor children or for the use of the
surviving spouse and minor children, out of property owned in common
by the decedent and the persons entitled to have the homestead set
apart, or out of the separate property of the decedent or, if the
decedent was not married at the time of death, out of property owned
by the decedent.
(b) The probate homestead shall not be selected out of property
the right to possession of which is vested in a third person unless
the third person consents thereto. As used in this subdivision,
"third person" means a person whose right to possession of the
property (1) existed at the time of the death of the decedent or came
into existence upon the death of the decedent and (2) was not
created by testate or intestate succession from the decedent.