A CALIFORNIA COMPANION includes all of the statutes required for The California Bar Exam, plus selected additional statutes, covering: Intestate succession Wills, no-contest clauses Non-probate transfers Disqualified transferees Powers of appointment Rights of creditors to reach trust assets Trustee"s duty to inform and account A CALIFORNIA COMPANION features thirty-seven California cases and includes notes on thirty-five others, covering: Time limits on filing petition to probate will and claiming property of the decedent Inheritance by, from, and through adopted and non-marital children Equitable adoption Inheritance by children conceived after death of parent Execution and revocation of formal and holographic wills Forfeiture for elder abuse Disqualified transferees & certificates of independent review Attorney"s malpractice liability to intended beneficiaries No contest clauses Determining whether beneficiary survived decedent Creating and revoking trusts Severing a joint tenancy & right to withdraw funds from joint account Special needs trusts Rights of creditors in trust assets New in the 2011 EDITION: Major statutory changes: 21360-21392 (disqualified transferees) 15408 (termination of trust with uneconomically low principal) 16060.7-16064 (trustee s duty to inform and account to beneficiaries) 17200 (petitioning court to determine trust matters) New cases: Aguilar v. Aguilar Chatard v. Oveross Citizens Business Bank v. Carrano Estate of Heggstad Estate of Lensch Estate of Stoker Estate of Winans Estate of Ziegler Shewry v. Arnold