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General Provisions of the Family Code

June 15, 2025 2:37 amJune 15, 2025 2:38 am

Division 2 of the Family Code deals with general provisions. Part 1 concerns jurisdiction and Section 200 states that the superior court has jurisdiction in proceedings under this code. Part 2 concerns general procedural provisions. Section 210 says that the...

Interesting Preliminary Provisions of the Family Code

January 18, 2025 2:30 amJanuary 18, 2025 2:31 am

California’s over 155,000 statutes are contained in 29 separate Codes. The ninth alphabetically is the Family Code. All 29 Codes have general or preliminary provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. In reviewing those introductory provisions contained in...

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...

California’s Uniform Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protective Orders

August 19, 2022 3:14 pmAugust 19, 2022 2:18 pm

California has a number of formal acts in statute. Family Code Division 10, Part 5 provides the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act, which is contained in Sections 6400 to 6409. Part 5 was added in 2001 by...

General Guidance in Reading the California Family Code

June 17, 2022 6:40 amJune 17, 2022 9:04 pm

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The ninth alphabetically is the Family Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Family Code: Section...