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Modifying or Terminating Child Support Orders

December 17, 2025 2:00 pmDecember 17, 2025 2:01 pm

Division 9, Part 1, Chapter 6, Article 1 of the Family Code deals with general provisions related to the modification, termination, or set aside of child support orders. Section 3650 defines the term “support order.” Section 3651 states that a...

Procedures for Adult Adoptions

December 17, 2025 2:30 amDecember 17, 2025 2:31 am

Division 13, Part 3, Chapter 2 deals with procedures for adult adoptions and married minors. Section 9320 allows an adult to adopt another adult who is younger, except the spouse of the prospective adoptive parent, by an adoption agreement approved...

Quiz on Where Areas of Law Are Found in the California Codes

December 16, 2025 4:46 pmDecember 17, 2025 10:36 am

As readers may recall, almost all statutes enacted by the California Legislature are found in one of the 29 Codes (i.e., they are “codified” statutes) that contain over 155,000 sections of state law. Among those provisions, some are found in...

Sister State Money Judgments

December 16, 2025 3:21 pmDecember 16, 2025 3:21 pm

Part 3, Title 11, Chapter 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with sister state money judgments in civil proceedings. Section 1710.10 defines the following terms: “judgment creditor,” “judgment debtor,” and “sister state judgment.” Section 1710.15 allows a judgment...

Pilotage Rates in California

December 16, 2025 2:30 amDecember 15, 2025 8:54 pm

Division 5, Chapter 5 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with pilotage rates for pilots in Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Section 1190 provides that every vessel spoken inward or outward...

Partition of Property in California

December 15, 2025 2:30 amDecember 15, 2025 2:31 am

Part 2, Title 10.5, Chapter 1 provides general provisions related to the partition of real and personal property in this state in civil actions. Article 1 contains preliminary provisions. Section 872.010 defines the following terms: “action,” “lien,” “property,” “remainder,” and...

Relief from Child Support Orders

December 14, 2025 4:22 pmDecember 14, 2025 4:22 pm

Division 9, Part 1, Chapter 6, Article 4 deals with relief from the modification, termination, or set aside of support orders in child custody cases. Section 3690 authorizes a court to relieve a party from a support order, or any...