California’s Family Code – Page 4

Presumption Concerning Property Held Jointly in California

July 23, 2025 2:30 amJuly 23, 2025 2:31 am

Division 7, Part 3 of California’s Family Code concerns the division of property and creates a presumption concerning property held in joint form. Section 2580 contains three legislative findings and declarations about providing uniformly and consistently for the standard of...

Duties of Law Enforcement in Emergency Protective Orders

July 12, 2025 2:30 amJuly 12, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 10, Part 3, Chapter 3, deals with the duties of law enforcement officers in preventing domestic violence. Section 6270 requires a law enforcement officer who requests an emergency protective order to reduce the order to...

Confidential Marriages in California

July 10, 2025 2:30 amJuly 10, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 3, Part 4, Chapter 1 deals with confidential marriages. Chapter 1 contains general provisions. Section 500 provides that, when two unmarried people, not minors, have been living together as spouses, they may be married pursuant...

Prevention of Domestic Violence

June 2, 2025 6:21 amJune 2, 2025 6:21 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 10, Part 1, deals with the prevention of domestic violence in this state. Section 6200 names Division 10 as the Domestic Violence Prevention Act. Section 6201 states that the definitions in this part govern the...

Have You Seen Mathematical Formulas in California Statute?

September 25, 2023 12:10 pm

Most California statutes use “plain language,” but there are a number of instances of statutes among California’s 29 Codes that have technical language. And, while reviewing 2023 bills reaching the Governor’s Desk, there is SB 343 (Chapter 213) that actually...