Statute · California Probate Code
Cal. Prob. Code § 735 — Termination by Attorney
Cal. Prob. Code § 735
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Probate Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1994-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) If the attorney is deceased or lacks legal capacity, a deposit may be terminated as provided in this article by the attorney’s law partner, by a shareholder of the attorney’s law corporation, or by a lawyer or nonlawyer employee of the attorney’s firm, partnership, or corporation.
Citator
Cal. Prob. Code § 735 — Termination by Attorney is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) If the attorney is deceased or lacks legal capacity, a deposit may be terminated as provided in this article by the attorney’s law partner, by a shareholder of the attorney’s law corporation, or by a lawyer or nonlawyer employee of the attorney’s firm, partnership, or corporation.
(b) If the attorney lacks legal capacity and there is no person to act under subdivision (a), a deposit may be terminated by the conservator of the attorney’s estate or by an attorney in fact acting under a durable power of attorney. A conservator of the attorney’s estate may act without court approval.
(c) If the attorney is deceased and there is no person to act under subdivision (a), a deposit may be terminated by the attorney’s personal representative.
(d) If a person authorized under this section terminates a deposit as provided in Section 732, the person shall give the notice required by Section 733.