California Code, Probate Code - PROB § 356

(a) Where the person is a member of the armed forces of the United States or like forces of any nation with which the United States is allied or associated in time of war, including all of the following:

(b) Where the person has been accepted for and is awaiting induction into the armed forces, or is receiving training or education under government supervision preliminary to induction into any of these forces, in time of war.

(c) Where the person is engaged, outside the 50 states of the United States, in any work in connection with a governmental agency of the United States or with the American Red Cross or any other body with similar objects operating with the approval and sanction of the government of the United States or of any nation with which the United States is allied or associated in time of war.

(d) Where the person is engaged in time of war in service on any ship of United States registry.

(e) Where the person is interned or a prisoner of war in a foreign country or in the United States or any possession or dependency of the United States.

(f) Where the person is absent from the 50 states of the United States and, due to war conditions, is unable to return freely at his or her own volition.

(g) Where the person is engaged in any service in the United States or abroad arising out of or connected with a state of war that the court having jurisdiction of the estate finds prevents the person from giving proper attention to his or her duties.