Bill > AB490

This bill repeals and replaces Section 6452 of the Probate Code, which deals with intestate succession, meaning how property is distributed when someone dies without a will. The key change is that a parent will no longer inherit from their child if certain conditions are met, such as the parent's parental rights being terminated and not reestablished, the parent not acknowledging the child, or the parent abandoning the child for at least seven consecutive years during the child's minority without providing support or communication, with the intent to abandon. If a parent is deemed to have abandoned the child under these conditions, they will be treated as if they died before the child, and their inheritance will pass to others as outlined in Section 6402.