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General Provisions Related to the Custody of Children

October 25, 2025 2:30 amOctober 25, 2025 2:31 am

California Family Code Division 8, Part 1, Chapter 1 contains definitions related to the custody of children. Section 3000 states that the the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division. Section 3002 defines the term “joint custody.”...

General Provisions for Domestic Violence Prevention Orders

October 19, 2025 2:30 amOctober 19, 2025 9:22 pm

Division 10, Part 4, Chapter 1 of the California Family Code deals with protective orders and other domestic violence prevention orders. Chapter 1 provides general provisions. Section 6300 allows an order to be issued under this part to restrain any...

Family Law Case Management

October 15, 2025 2:30 amOctober 15, 2025 2:31 am

Division 6, Part 3, Chapter 6 of the California Family Code deals with case management for dissolution of marriage and legal separation cases. Section 2450 provides that the purpose of family centered case resolution is to benefit the parties by...

Domestic Partnership Registration in California

October 10, 2025 2:30 amOctober 10, 2025 2:31 am

Division 2.5 of the California Family Code deals with domestic partner registration. Part 1 deals with definitions. Section 297 provides that domestic partners are two adults who have chosen to share one another’s lives in an intimate and committed relationship...

Void and Voidable Marriages in California

October 8, 2025 2:30 amOctober 8, 2025 2:31 am

Division 6, Part 2, Chapter 1 deals with void marriages and Chapter 2 of the California Family Code deals with voidable marriages. Section 2200 provides that marriages between parents and children, ancestors and descendants of every degree, and between siblings...

Restoration of a Spouse’s Former Name

October 6, 2025 2:30 amOctober 6, 2025 2:31 am

Division 6, Part 1, Chapter 7 deals with the restoration of a spouse’s former name in nullity, dissolution, and legal separation proceedings. Section 2080 provides that, in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for nullity of marriage, but not...

General Provisions for the Prevention of Domestic Violence

September 29, 2025 2:30 amSeptember 29, 2025 2:31 am

Division 10, Part 2 of the California Family Code deals with general provisions concerning the prevention of domestic violence. Section 6220 explains that the purpose of this division is to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and...