Cal. Probate Code - PROB § 21360. Section 21360.
The definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
CHAPTER 1. Definitions [21360. - 21374.]
Cal. Probate Code - PROB 1.
in effectCal. Probate Code - PROB § 21362. Section 21362.
(a)
“Care custodian” means a person who provides health or social services to a dependent adult, except that “care custodian” does not include a person who provided services without remuneration if the person had a personal relationship with the dependent adult (1) at least 90 days before providing those services, (2) at least six months before the dependent adult’s death, and (3) before the dependant adult was admitted to hospice care, if the dependent adult was admitted to hospice care. As used in this subdivision, “remuneration” does not include the donative transfer at issue under this chapter or the reimbursement of expenses.
(b)
For the purposes of this section, “health and social services”
means services provided to a dependent adult because of the person’s dependent condition, including, but not limited to, the administration of medicine, medical testing, wound care, assistance with hygiene, companionship, housekeeping, shopping, cooking, and assistance with finances.
Cal. Probate Code - PROB § 21364. Section 21364.
“Cohabitant” has the meaning provided in Section 13700 of the Penal Code.
Cal. Probate Code - PROB § 21366. Section 21366.
“Dependent adult” means a person who, at the time of executing the instrument at issue under this part, was a person described in either of the following:
(a)
The person was 65 years of age or older and satisfied one or both of the following criteria:
(1)
The person was unable to provide properly for his or her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter.
(2)
Due to one or more deficits in the mental functions listed in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 811, the person had difficulty managing his or her own financial resources or resisting fraud
or undue influence.
(b)
The person was 18 years of age or older and satisfied one or both of the following criteria:
(1)
The person was unable to provide properly for his or her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter.
(2)
Due to one or more deficits in the mental functions listed in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 811, the person had substantial difficulty managing his or her own financial resources or resisting fraud or undue influence.
Cal. Probate Code - PROB § 21368. Section 21368.
“Domestic partner” has the meaning provided in Section 297 of the Family Code.
Cal. Probate Code - PROB § 21370. Section 21370.
“Independent attorney” means an attorney who has no legal, business, financial, professional, or personal relationship with the beneficiary of a donative transfer at issue under this part, and who would not be appointed as a fiduciary or receive any pecuniary benefit as a result of the operation of the instrument containing the donative transfer at issue under this part.
Cal. Probate Code - PROB § 21374. Section 21374.
(a)
A person who is “related by blood or affinity” to a specified person means any of the following persons:
(1)
A spouse or domestic partner of the specified person.
(2)
A relative within a specified degree of kinship to the specified person or within a specified degree of kinship to the spouse or domestic partner of the specified person.
(3)
The spouse or domestic partner of a person described in paragraph (2).
(b)
For the purposes of this section, “spouse or domestic partner” includes a predeceased spouse
or predeceased domestic partner.
(c) In determining a relationship under this section, Sections 6406 and 6407, and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6450) of Part 2 of Division 6, are applicable.
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