Topics studied by the Commission are categorized and filed using the
following letter system, which has been used for nearly 20 years. The
study number appears in the upper left corner of memoranda. Minutes of
Commission meetings are organized in the order of study numbers for ease
of reference. These numbers are used in the Commission's filing system
and thus include many items that have been completed or that may not be
studied or result in a recommendation to the Legislature.
For the legislative resolution description of subjects currently authorized, see Topics Authorized for Study.
F-101 | Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act |
F-200 | Appeal of Custody Order |
F-300 | Custody of Children [former Study 30.100] |
F-400 | Adoption [former Study 30.200] |
F-401 | Emancipated Minors |
F-500 | Freedom from Parental Custody and Control [former Study 30.400] |
F-521 | Community Property in Joint Tenancy Form |
F-521.1 | Community Property in Joint Tenancy Form: Kasner Study |
F-600 | Community Property |
F-601 | Division of Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common Property at Dissolution of Marriage |
F-602 | Division upon Dissolution of Marriage of Property Held in Joint Tenancy Form (Retroactive Application of Statute) |
F-603 | Retroactive Application of Property Division Legislation |
F-604 | Developments in Retroactivity |
F-610 | Increased Earning Capacity |
F-611 | Goodwill |
F-620 | Federal Military and Other Federal Pensions |
F-630 | Prenuptial Agreements |
F-631 | Marital Agreements |
F-632 | Reimbursement for Educational Expenses |
F-633 | Division of Pensions |
F-634 | Support |
F-640 | Title and Gift Presumptions and Transmutations |
F-641 | Limitations on Disposition of Community Property |
F-642 | Combined Separate and Community Property |
F-650 | Liability of Step Parent for Child Support |
F-660 | Awarding Family Home to Spouse Having Custody of Minor Children |
F-661 | Continuation of Support Obligation After Death of Support Obligor |
F-662 | Special Appearance in Family Law Proceedings |
F-670 | Attorney's Fees in Family Law Proceedings |
F-671 | Quasi-Community Property (Tax Implications) |
F-672 | Personal Injury Damages as Community or Separate Property |
F-910 | Effect of Dissolution of Marriage on Nonprobate Transfers [see L-910] |
F-911 | Changes in Estate Plan During Marital Dissolution |
F-1000 | Family Code Generally: 1991-92 (Pre-AB 2650) |
F-1001 | Family Code Generally: 1992-93 (Post AB 2650) |
F-1002 | Family Code Generally: 1994 |
F-1010 | Family Code: Preliminary Provisions and Definitions |
F-1020 | Family Code: Marriage |
F-1030 | Family Code: Rights and Obligations During Marriage |
F-1040 | Family Code: Conciliation Proceedings |
F-1050 | Family Code: Nullity, Dissolution, and Legal Separation |
F-1080 | Family Code: Division of Property |
F-1090 | Family Code: Custody of Children |
F-1100 | Family Code: Support |
F-1100.1 | Child Support |
F-1100.10 | General Provisions |
F-1100.11 | Duty of Parent To Support Adult Child |
F-1100.2 | Spousal Support |
F-1100.3 | Support of Parent |
F-1100.30 | Duty of Adult Child To Support Parent |
F-1100.4 | Family Support |
F-1100.5 | Enforcement of Support |
F-1100.51 | Enforcement by District Attorneys |
F-1110 | Family Code: General Procedural Provisions |
F-1120 | Family Code: Prevention of Domestic Violence |
F-1130 | Family Code: Juvenile Court Law |
F-1140 | Family Code: Minors |
F-1150 | Family Code: Adoption |
F-1160 | Family Code: Pilot Projects |
F-1170 | Family Code: Implementation of 1992 Family Law Legislation |
F-1180 | Family Code: Minor Substantive & Technical Revisions (including Sunsets) |
F-1190 | Family Code: Conforming Revisions |
F-1200 | Family Code: Attorney's Fees |
F-1300 | Family Code: Enforcement of Judgments |
F-1301 | Enforcement of Money Judgment Under Family Code |
F-3050 | Donative Transfers of Community Property (Kasner Study) |
F-3050.1 | Problems with Nonprobate Transfer Legislation |
H-100 | Lease Law |
H-109 | Landlord-Tenant Terminology |
H-110 | Landlord-Tenant |
H-111 | Assignment and Sublease |
H-112 | Use Restrictions |
H-113 | Reconsideration of Kendall Legislation |
H-200 | Partition Procedure |
H-250 | Revision of Real Property Law |
H-300 | Possibilities of Reverter and Powers of Termination [former Study 85] |
H-400 | Marketable Title Act [former Study 86] |
H-401 | Ancient Mortgages and Deeds of Trust |
H-402 | Dormant Mineral Rights |
H-403 | Unexercised Options |
H-404 | Land Sale Contracts: Rights of Entry |
H-405 | Possibilities of Reverter |
H-406 | Abandoned Easements |
H-407 | Obsolete Restrictions |
H-408 | Uniform Dormant Mineral Interests Act |
H-409 | Executory Interests |
H-450 | Eminent Domain Law Update |
H-451 | Condemnation by Privately-Owned Public Utility |
H-452 | Date of Valuation |
H-453 | Valuation Evidence |
H-454 | Compensation for Loss of Goodwill |
H-455 | Attorney Fees in Eminent Domain Cases |
H-456 | Withdrawal of Prejudgment Deposit |
H-457 | Offset of Benefits in Partial Taking |
H-458 | Early Disclosure of Valuation Data and Resolution of Issues |
H-500 | Quiet Title Actions |
H-501 | Quieting Title to Personal Property |
H-510 | Joint Tenancy; Rights Among Cotenants; Joint Tenancy & Community Property |
H-520 | Statute of Limitations to Enforce Land Use Restriction |
H-550 | Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies in Inverse Condemnation |
H-600 | Civil Code § 1464 |
H-601 | Recording Severance of Joint Tenancy |
H-602 | Severance of Personal Property Joint Tenancy |
H-603 | Severance of Joint Tenancy by Dissolution of Marriage [see now L-910] |
H-700 | Abandonment and Vacation of Public Streets and Highways |
H-750 | Community Redevelopment Law Cleanup |
H-800 | Improvement Acts |
H-820 | Mechanic's Lien Law |
H-821 | Mechanic's Lien Law |
H-850 | Common Interest Development Law |
H-851 | Nonjudicial Dispute Resolution Under CID Law |
H-852 | Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act |
H-853 | State Oversight of Common Interest Developments |
H-854 | Common Interest Development CC&Rs and Local Regulation |
H-855 | Statutory Clarification and Simplification of CID Law |
H-856 | Commercial and Industrial Common Interest Developments |
H-857 | CID-Small Associations |
H-858 | CID-Nonresidential Subdivisions |
H-859 | CID-Mechanics Liens and Common Area |
H-900 | Lis Pendens |
H-910 | Effect of Dissolution of Marriage on Nonprobate Transfers [see L-910] |
H-911 | Changes in Estate Plan During Marital Dissolution |
H-1000 | Procedures Under Private Power of Sale Under Trust Deed or Mortgage |
J-2.01 | Conflicts of Jurisdiction Model Act |
J-3.01 | Recordation of Translated Documents |
J-101 | Security for Costs |
J-102 | Motions (Consolidated Motion To Dismiss) |
J-103 | Oral Argument in Civil Procedure |
J-110 | Tolling Statutes of Limitation |
J-111 | Statute of Limitations for Legal Malpractice |
J-200 | Prejudgment Interest [former 80] |
J-300 | Class Actions [Removed in 1999] [former 82] |
J-400 | Offers of Compromise [former 83] |
J-500 | Discovery [former 84] |
J-501 | Discovery After Judicial Arbitration |
J-502 | Response to Demand for Production of Documents in Discovery |
J-503 | Statutory Clarification and Minor Substantive Improvements to Civil Discovery |
J-505 | Discovery Improvements from Other Jurisdictions |
J-506 | Civil Discovery Improvements |
J-600 | Dismissal for Lack of Prosecution |
J-650 | Court Congestion |
J-700 | Mediation |
J-800 | Injunctions |
J-801 | OTC's and TRO's |
J-900 | Shifting Attorneys Fees Between Litigants |
J-901 | Award of Costs and Attorney Fees to Prevailing Party in Contract Action |
J-1000 | Trial Court Unification |
J-1010 | TCU: General Issues |
J-1020 | TCU: Article 6, § 1. Judicial Power |
J-1030 | TCU: Article 6, § 4. District Court |
J-1040 | TCU: Article 6, § 6. Judicial Council |
J-1050 | TCU: Article 6, § 10. Original Jurisdiction |
J-1060 | TCU: Article 6, § 11. Appellate Jurisdiction |
J-1070 | TCU: Article 6, § 15. Qualifications of Judges |
J-1080 | TCU: Article 6, § 16. Election of Judges |
J-1090 | TCU: Article 6, § 16.5. Transitional Provisions |
J-1100 | TCU: Article 6, § 19. Compensation of Judges |
J-1110 | TCU: Article 6, § 20. Retirement |
J-1120 | TCU: Article 6, § 22. Commissioners |
J-1130 | TCU: Article 1, § 16. Trial by Jury |
J-1140 | TCU: Miscellaneous Issues |
J-1150 | TCU: Article 5, § 13. Authority of Attorney General |
J-1200 | TCU: Unification by Attrition |
J-1300 | TCU: Unification by County Option |
J-1301 | TCU: Followup Legislation |
J-1302 | TCU: Appointment of Receiver |
J-1303 | TCU: Jurisdictional Classification of Good Faith Improver Claim |
J-1304 | TCU: Stay of Mechanic's Lien Foreclosure Pending Arbitration |
J-1305 | TCU: Penal Code Cleanup |
J-1306 | TCU: Cases in which Court Reporter Is Required |
J-1307 | TCU: Law Library Board in Unified Court |
J-1308 | TCU: Trout Affidavit |
J-1309 | TCU: Expired Pilot Programs |
J-1310 | TCU: Catalog of Cases within Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal on June 30, 1995 |
J-1311 | TCU: Grand Jury Issues |
J-1312 | TCU: Reclassification of Civil Cases |
J-1313 | TCU: Waiver of Jury Trial |
J-1314 | TCU: Publication of Legal Notice |
J-1320 | TCU: Review of Civil Procedures |
J-1330 | TCU: Review of Criminal Procedures |
J-1400 | TCR: Statutes Made Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring |
J-1401 | TCR: Statutes Made Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring: Part 2 |
J-1402 | TCR: Statutes Made Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring: Part 3 |
J-1403 | TCR: Statutes Made Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring: Part 4 |
J-1404 | TCR: Statutes Made Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring: Part 5 |
J-1405 | TCR: Statutes Made Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring: Part 6 |
J-1406 | TCR: Statutes Made Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring: Part 7 |
J-1450 | TCR: Statutes Made Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring: Appellate Jurisdiction of Bail Forfeiture |
J-1451 | TCR: Rights and Responsibilities of the County as Compared to the Superior Court |
J-1452 | TCR: Writ Jurisdiction in a Small Claims Case |
L-10.01 | Joint Tenancy Generally |
L-100 | Escheat; Unclaimed Property [former Study 26] |
L-200 | Powers of Appointment [see 3002] |
L-300 | Probate Homesteads |
L-400 | Rights and Disabilities of Minors and Incompetent Persons |
L-401 | Payments to Minors |
L-401.10 | Payments of WCAB Awards to Minors |
L-401.20 | Payment of Federal Benefits |
L-500 | Durable Powers of Attorney [see 3044] |
L-502 | Dying and Termination of Life Sustaining Procedures |
L-521.1 | Community Property in Joint Tenancy Form |
L-600 | Probate Code (Generally) |
L-600 | Estates and Trusts Code (Form of Comments) |
L-601 | Nonprobate Transfers: Multiple-Party Accounts [see 1060] |
L-602 | Intestate Succession |
L-603 | Wills |
L-604 | Family Protection (includes Pretermission) |
L-605 | Rules of Construction |
L-605 | Distribution Under a Will or Trust |
L-606 | Contracts Concerning Succession and Provisions Relating to Effect of Death |
L-607 | General Provisions |
L-608 | Custody and Deposit of Wills |
L-609 | International Wills |
L-610 | Absentees |
L-611 | Missing Persons |
L-612 | Simultaneous Death |
L-613 | Testamentary Additions to Trust; Life Insurance and Other Trusts |
L-614 | Bequests to Minors |
L-615 | Escheat |
L-616 | Definitions [now 1045] |
L-617 | Quasi-Community Property |
L-618 | Uniform Transfers to Minors Act |
L-619 | Statutory Will |
L-620 | Uniform Statutory Will Act |
L-621 | Confidential Relationship Doctrine |
L-622 | Donative Transfer Restrictions |
L-623 | Presumptively Disqualified Fiduciary |
L-625 | Wills and Intestate Succession: Disclaimers |
L-626 | Wills and Intestate Succession (Follow Up Legislation 1984) |
L-627 | Notice in Limited Conservatorship Proceeding |
L-628 | Order Dispensing with Accounts of Guardian or Conservator |
L-629 | Item v. Aggregate Theory of Community Property |
L-630 | Wills and Intestate Succession (Follow Up Legislation 1985) |
L-635 | Anti-lapse statute [now 3005] |
L-636 | No Contest Clause |
L-637 | Revision of No Contest Clause Statute |
L-639 | Uniform Trust Act |
L-640 | Trusts |
L-640.05 | Recordation of Statement of Trust |
L-640.06 | Recordation of Real Property Trust |
L-640.10 | Living Trusts: State Bar Truth Squad |
L-641 | Creditor's Right to Reach Payments from Trust |
L-642 | Application of Trust Law to Excluded Trusts |
L-643 | Damages for Breach of Trust |
L-644 | Recognition of Trustees' Powers |
L-645 | Jurisdiction of Superior Court in Trust Matters |
L-646 | Trustees' Voting Requirement for Securities |
L-647 | Trusts for Pets |
L-648 | Uniform Prudent Investor Act |
L-649 | Uniform Principal and Income Act |
L-650 | Simplifying Requirements for Execution of Will |
L-651 | Recording Affidavit of Death |
L-652 | Nonprobate Transfers |
L-653 | Notice of Will |
L-654 | Ancestral Property Doctrine [now 3007] |
L-655 | Probate Referees |
L-656 | Bond for Special Administrator |
L-657 | Procedure for Objecting to Appraisement of Estate Property |
L-658 | Transfer of Real Property of Small Value |
L-659 | Parent-Child Relationship |
L-659.01 | Cleanup of Probate Code § 6408 |
L-659.02 | Inheritance Involving Whole and Half Blood Siblings |
L-660 | Representation (Probate Code § 240) |
L-700 | Guardianship-Conservatorship |
L-701 | Support to Conservatee from Community Property |
L-702 | Procedure for Appointment of Successor Conservator |
L-703 | Consent to Health Care |
L-704 | Statutory Forms for Durable Power of Attorney [see also 3019] |
L-705 | Revision of Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Statute |
L-706 | Temporary Guardians and Conservators |
L-707 | Qualifications of Conservator |
L-708 | Special Needs Trust [see also 3053] |
L-750 | Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act |
L-800 | Probate Administration: Probate Code (Abatement; Distribution of Interest and Income) [see also 1039.01] |
L-810 | Administration Without Court Supervision |
L-811 | Form for Advice of Proposed Action |
L-812 | Distribution Without Court Approval under Independent Administration |
L-825 | Succession Without Administration |
L-826 | Distribution of Decedent's Estate Without Administration |
L-827 | Waiver of Probate Accounting |
L-828 | Transfer Without Probate of Certain Property Registered by State |
L-829 | Disposition of Retirement Plan Benefits Without Administration |
L-830 | Probate Code (Proration of Estate Taxes) |
L-831 | Recording of Affidavit Transferring Evidence of Debt Secured by Lien on Real Property |
L-900 | Notaries Public |
L-910 | Effect of Dissolution of Marriage on Nonprobate Transfers |
L-911 | Changes in Estate Plan During Marital Dissolution |
L-930 | Probate Code (Guardian Ad Litem) |
L-940 | Substitution and Delegation of Powers of Fiduciaries |
L-950 | Effect of Homicide [now 3016] |
L-1000 | Probate Code (Jurisdiction; Probate of Wills; Contest of Wills) |
L-1010 | Probate Code (Opening Estate Administration) |
L-1020 | Probate Code (Powers and Duties of Executors and Administrators) (Standard of Care of Personal Representative) (Probate Code § 854) [superseded by 1037] |
L-1024 | Probate Code (Interest and Income Accruing During Administration) |
L-1025 | Probate Code (Presentation of Claims) |
L-1025.1 | Creditor Claim Problems |
L-1026 | Probate Code (Payment of Claims and Demands) |
L-1027 | Probate Code (Accountings) |
L-1028 | Probate Code (Independent Administration) |
L-1029 | Probate Code (Distribution and Discharge; Marital Deduction Gifts) |
L-1030 | Probate Code (Collection or Transfer of Small Estate Without Administration) (Distribution Without Administration) |
L-1031 | Probate Code (Passage of Property to Surviving Spouse Without Administration |
L-1032 | Probate Code (Small Estate Set-Aside) |
L-1033 | Probate Code (Establishing Identity of Heirs) |
L-1033.01 | Heirship Proceeding Under Former §§ 1190-1192 |
L-1034 | Probate Code (Public Administrators) |
L-1035 | Probate Code (Administration of Estates of Missing Persons Presumed Dead) |
L-1036 | Probate Code (Attorneys' Fees) |
L-1037 | Probate Code (Estate Management) |
L-1037.5 | Probate Sales of Estate Property |
L-1038 | Probate Code (Abatement) |
L-1039 | Probate Code (Distribution of Income) |
L-1039.01 | Problems with Interest and Income Statute |
L-1040 | Probate Code (Public Administrators) |
L-1041 | Probate Code (Bond of Personal Representative) |
L-1045 | Probate Code (Definitions) |
L-1046 | Probate Code (Nondomiciliary Decedents) |
L-1047 | Probate Code (Appeals) |
L-1048 | Probate Code (Rules of Procedure) |
L-1049 | Probate Code (Orders) |
L-1050 | Probate Code (Guardianship-Conservatorship) |
L-1055 | Probate Code (Fees of Personal Representative) |
L-1058 | Probate Code (Filing Fees) |
L-1060 | Multiple Party Accounts |
L-1060.01 | Application of Multiple Party Accounts to Mutual Funds |
L-1061 | Brokers' Commissions |
L-1062 | Priority for Appointment as Administrator |
L-1063 | Uniform Multiple-Person Accounts Law |
L-1100 | New Probate Code Suggestions |
L-2000 | Probate Code (Operative Date) |
L-2005 | Probate Code (Conforming Revisions) |
L-2006 | Probate Code (Miscellaneous Provisions of Division 3) |
L-2007 | Probate Code (Conforming Changes for Division 3) |
L-2008 | Probate Code (1988 Urgency Bill) |
L-2009 | Probate Code (1988 Probate Legislation) |
L-2010 | Probate Code (1989 Probate Cleanup Bill) |
L-3000 | Statutory 630 Affidavit Form |
L-3001 | Uniform Transfers to Minors Act Revisions |
L-3002 | Relocation of Powers of Appointment Statute [see 200] |
L-3003 | Claims Procedure for Trusts |
L-3004 | Rights of Estranged Spouse |
L-3005 | Antilapse Statute and Construction of Instruments [see 605] |
L-3006 | Trustee's Use of § 650 Procedure |
L-3007 | Ancestral Property Doctrine |
L-3008 | Directive to Physicians (Uniform Rights of Terminally Ill Act) |
L-3009 | Transfer on Death Deed and Other Nonprobate Transfer Techniques |
L-3010 | Fees of Corporate Trustees |
L-3011 | Tort and Contract Liability of Personal Representative |
L-3012 | Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act |
L-3013 | Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities |
L-3013.01 | Perpetuities and Honorary Trusts |
L-3014 | Uniform Custodial Trust Act |
L-3015 | Distribution of Estate: Contingent and Disputed Claims |
L-3016 | Effect of Homicide |
L-3016.01 | Standing To Sue for Wrongful Death |
L-3017 | Removal of Trustees |
L-3018 | Litigation Involving Decedent |
L-3019 | Uniform Statutory Form Power of Attorney Act |
L-3020 | Right of Surviving Spouse to Dispose of Community and Quasi-community Property |
L-3021 | Delivery of Decedent's Personal Property |
L-3022 | Access to Safe Deposit Box |
L-3023 | Uniform TOD Security Registration Act |
L-3024 | Springing Powers of Attorney |
L-3025 | Motor Vehicle TOD |
L-3026 | Affidavit Procedure for Substitution of Parties |
L-3027 | Execution or Modification of Lease Without Court Authorization |
L-3028 | Limitation Period for Action Against Surety in Guardianship or Conservatorship Proceeding |
L-3029 | Court-Authorized Medical Treatment [see also 4001] |
L-3030 | Custodianship under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act |
L-3031 | Acceptance by Agent of Responsibilities under Power of Attorney |
L-3032 | Beneficiary Deeds |
L-3032.1 | Beneficiary Deeds: Follow-Up Study |
L-3032.5 | Stock Cooperatives and Uniform TOD Security Registration Act |
L-3033 | Notice at County Seat (Probate Code § 1215) |
L-3034 | Gifts in View of Death |
L-3035 | Information for Fiduciaries Concerning Duties |
L-3036 | Videotaping of Wills |
L-3037 | Effect of Death of Joint Tenant on Liens |
L-3038 | Seven-Year Limit on Power of Attorney for Health Care |
L-3039 | Revocable Trust as Lottery Beneficiary |
L-3040 | Community Property Presumption for Joint Tenancy upon Death [see L-521.1] |
L-3041 | Procedure for Creditor To Reach Nonprobate Assets |
L-3042 | General Standard of Duty of Attorney in Fact |
L-3043 | Forms for Multiple-Party Accounts Law |
L-3044 | New Power of Attorney Statute |
L-3044.01 | New Power of Attorney Statute Followup Legislation |
L-3045 | Severance of Joint Tenancy in Securities |
L-3046 | Recognition of Agent's Authority Under Statutory Form Power of Attorney |
L-3047 | 1990 UPC Revision |
L-3048 | Nonprobate Transfers of Community Property |
L-3048.1 | MacDonald Aftermath |
L-3049 | California Statutory Will |
L-3050 | Donative Transfers of Community Property (Kasner Study) |
L-3050.1 | Problems with Nonprobate Transfer Legislation |
L-3051 | Pour-Over Will for Conservatee |
L-3052 | Nonprobate Transfer to Trustee Named in Will |
L-3053 | Trusts for Incapacitated Persons [see also 708] |
L-3054 | Account of Guardian or Conservator |
L-3055 | Compensation in Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings |
L-3056 | Miscellaneous Probate Issues |
L-3057 | Statute of Limitations in Trust Matters |
L-3058 | Procedure under Probate Code § 3100 et seq. |
L-3059 | Revocable Trust Accounting |
L-3060 | Rights and Duties Under Revocable Trust |
L-3605 | Rules of Construction for Trusts and Other Instruments |
L-3645 | Trust Litigation |
L-4000 | Heath Care Decisions |
L-4001 | Court-Authorized Health Care Decisions |
L-4002 | Surrogate Committee in Health Care Decisionmaking |
L-4003 | Family Consent in Health Care Decisionmaking |
L-4004 | Health Care Decisions Law: Miscellaneous Revisions |
L-4005 | Health Care Decisions by Conservator |
L-4100 | Nonprobate Transfers: Creditor Claims and Family Protections |
L-4130 | Disposition of Estate Without Administration |