California Probate Code
E371969
The California Probate Code is the body of state law that governs the administration of estates, wills, trusts, and related probate proceedings in California.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Probate Code canonical | 9 |
| Probate Code of California | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3593127 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Probate Code Context triple: [Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, governingLaw, California Probate Code]
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A.
California Financial Code
The California Financial Code is a body of state statutory law that regulates financial institutions and financial services activities within California.
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B.
California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
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C.
California Evidence Code
The California Evidence Code is a comprehensive statutory framework that governs the admissibility and use of evidence in California courts.
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D.
California Code of Civil Procedure
The California Code of Civil Procedure is the primary body of statutory law governing civil litigation processes and procedures in the state of California.
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E.
California Codes
California Codes are the comprehensive collection of codified laws that govern the state of California across various legal domains, including government, civil, penal, and other statutory areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Probate Code Target entity description: The California Probate Code is the body of state law that governs the administration of estates, wills, trusts, and related probate proceedings in California.
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A.
California Financial Code
The California Financial Code is a body of state statutory law that regulates financial institutions and financial services activities within California.
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B.
California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
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C.
California Evidence Code
The California Evidence Code is a comprehensive statutory framework that governs the admissibility and use of evidence in California courts.
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D.
California Code of Civil Procedure
The California Code of Civil Procedure is the primary body of statutory law governing civil litigation processes and procedures in the state of California.
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E.
California Codes
California Codes are the comprehensive collection of codified laws that govern the state of California across various legal domains, including government, civil, penal, and other statutory areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
California state law
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codified statute ⓘ probate statute ⓘ |
| appliesIn | California Superior Courts ⓘ |
| basedOn |
California Constitution
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linked to:
Constitution of California
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| codifiedAs |
Probate Code of California
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linked to:
California Probate Code
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| contains |
rules for administrator duties
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rules for appointment of personal representatives ⓘ rules for conservator appointment ⓘ rules for creditor claims against estates ⓘ rules for distribution of estate assets ⓘ rules for escheat of property to the state ⓘ rules for executor duties ⓘ rules for fiduciary accounting ⓘ rules for guardian appointment ⓘ rules for notice to heirs and beneficiaries ⓘ rules for omitted spouses and children ⓘ rules for small estate procedures ⓘ rules for spousal property petitions ⓘ rules for substituted judgment proceedings ⓘ rules for trust administration ⓘ rules for trust creation ⓘ rules for trustee duties ⓘ rules for will contests ⓘ rules for will formalities ⓘ rules for will revocation ⓘ |
| enactedBy | California State Legislature ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | California courts ⓘ |
| governs |
administration of decedents' estates
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conservatorships in California ⓘ guardianships in California ⓘ health care directives in California ⓘ intestate succession in California ⓘ powers of attorney in California ⓘ probate proceedings in California ⓘ trusts in California ⓘ wills in California ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of California
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linked to:
California, United States
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| partOf | California Codes ⓘ |
| primaryAudience |
conservators
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guardians ⓘ judges in California ⓘ lawyers in California ⓘ personal representatives of estates ⓘ trustees ⓘ |
| regulates |
duties of fiduciaries in probate matters
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nonprobate transfers at death in California ⓘ rights of heirs and beneficiaries ⓘ |
| subjectTo | interpretation by California appellate courts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: California Probate Code Description of subject: The California Probate Code is the body of state law that governs the administration of estates, wills, trusts, and related probate proceedings in California.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Probate Division (Superior Court of California, County of San Diego)
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governedBy
→
California Probate Code
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subject linked to:
Probate Division
Probate Division (Superior Court of California, County of Orange)
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governingLaw
→
California Probate Code
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subject linked to:
Probate Division
linked to: California Probate Code
subject linked to:
Probate Division