§ 249.8

Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 285, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.

Notwithstanding Section 249.6, any interested person may file a petition in the manner prescribed in Section 248 or 17200 requesting a distribution of property of the decedent or death benefits payable by reason of decedent’s death that are subject to the delayed distribution provisions of Section 249.6. The court may order distribution of all, or a portion of, the property or death benefits, if at the hearing it appears that distribution can be made without any loss to any interested person, including any loss, either actual or contingent, to a decedent’s

child who is conceived after the death of the decedent. The order for distribution shall be stayed until any bond required by the court is filed.

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