California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Estate of Leslie, 207 Cal.Rptr. 561, 37 Cal.3d 186, 689 P.2d 133 (Cal. 1984):
Krone has been read "to recognize a putative [spouse] as a legal spouse for the purpose of succession." (Kunakoff v. Woods (1958) 166 Cal.App.2d 59, 65-66, 332 P.2d 773.) That reading is clearly applicable to the determination of the separate property rights of a putative spouse.
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