âSuccessor of the decedentâ means: (a) If the decedent died leaving a will, the sole beneficiary or all of the beneficiaries who succeeded to a particular item of property of the decedent under the decedentâs will. For the purposes of this part, a trust is a beneficiary under the decedentâs will if the trust succeeds to the particular item of property under the decedentâs will. (b) If the decedent died without a will, the sole person or all of the persons who succeeded to the particular item of property of the decedent under Sections 6401 and 6402 or, if the law of a sister state or foreign nation governs succession to the particular item of property, under the law of the sister state or foreign nation.
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