California Code
CHAPTER 2 - Operation and Effect of Presumption
Section 21386.

21386. If a donative transfer fails under this part, the instrument making the donative transfer shall operate as if the beneficiary had predeceased the transferor without spouse, domestic partner, or issue.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 56, Sec. 3. (SB 153) Effective January 1, 2018.)