Title FAM, California Fam. Code

(a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this part. (b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall: (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appro…

(a) If the Attorney General or the Department of Child Support Services determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General or the department may order the agency to perform its duties under this part…

An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this part. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)

(a) The Department of Child Support Services is the state information agency under this part. (b) The state information agency shall: (1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this part and any suppo…

(a) In a proceeding under this part, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under Section 57…

If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. A…

(a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurr…

(a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this part before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.…

A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this part. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)

(a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child. (b) An affidavit, a document s…

A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding. …

A tribunal of this state may: (1) request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, …

(a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified …

A law enforcement officer who requests an emergency protective order shall reduce the order to writing and sign it. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 1994.)

A law enforcement officer who requests an emergency protective order shall do all of the following: (a) Serve the order on the restrained person, if the restrained person can reasonably be located. (b) Give a copy of the order to the protected person or, if the protected person i…

(a) A law enforcement officer shall use every reasonable means to enforce an emergency protective order. (b) A law enforcement officer who acts in good faith to enforce an emergency protective order is not civilly or criminally liable. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. Ef…

A peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1 or 830.2 of the Penal Code, may seek an emergency protective order relating to stalking under Section 646.91 of the Penal Code if the requirements of that section are complied with. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 169, Sec. 1. Effective Jan…

(a) A law enforcement officer who responds to a situation in which the officer believes that there may be grounds for the issuance of an emergency protective order pursuant to Section 6250 of this code or Section 646.91 of the Penal Code, shall inform the person for whom an emerg…

(a) Each county, with the approval of the Department of Justice, shall, by July 1, 1996, develop a procedure, using existing systems, for the electronic transmission of data, as described in subdivision (b), to the Department of Justice. The data shall be electronically transmitt…

(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Wyland’s Law. (b) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature, the department may establish, or contract with a vendor to establish, an automated protected person information and notification system to provide a petitioner …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 6380 and subject to subdivision (b), an order issued under this part is enforceable in any place in this state. (b) An order issued under this part is not enforceable by a law enforcement agency of a political subdivision unless that law enforcement ag…

Each appropriate law enforcement agency shall make available to any law enforcement officer responding to the scene of reported domestic violence, through an existing system for verification, information as to the existence, terms, and current status of an order issued under this…

(a) A temporary restraining order, emergency protective order, or an order issued after hearing pursuant to this part shall, on request of the petitioner, be served on the respondent, whether or not the respondent has been taken into custody, either by a law enforcement officer, …

(a) If a respondent named in an order issued under this part after a hearing has not been served personally with the order but has received actual notice of the existence and substance of the order through personal appearance in court to hear the terms of the order from the court…

(a) Proof of service of the protective order is not required for the purposes of Section 6380 if the order indicates on its face that both parties were personally present at the hearing at which the order was issued and that, for the purpose of Section 6384, no proof of service i…

(a) The court may, in its discretion, appoint counsel to represent the petitioner in a proceeding to enforce the terms of a protective order, as defined in Section 6218. (b) In a proceeding in which private counsel was appointed by the court pursuant to subdivision (a), the court…

The court shall order the clerk of the court to provide to a petitioner, without cost, up to three certified, stamped, and endorsed copies of any order issued under this part, and of an extension, modification, or termination of the order. (Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 572, Sec. 2…

A willful and knowing violation of a protective order, as defined in Section 6218, is a crime punishable as provided by Section 273.6 of the Penal Code. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 1994.)

(a) A person subject to a protective order, as defined in Section 6218, shall not own, possess, purchase, or receive a firearm or ammunition while that protective order is in effect. A person who owns, possesses, purchases, or receives, or attempts to purchase or receive, a firea…

(a) This chapter applies to the following types of contracts entered into between an unemancipated minor and a third party on or after January 1, 2000: (1) A contract pursuant to which a minor is employed or agrees to render artistic or creative services, either directly or throu…

(a) A contract, otherwise valid, of a type described in Section 6750, entered into during minority, cannot be disaffirmed on that ground either during the minority of the person entering into the contract, or at any time thereafter, if the contract has been approved by the superi…

(a) A parent or guardian entitled to the physical custody, care, and control of a minor who enters into a contract of a type described in Section 6750 shall provide a certified copy of the minor’s birth certificate indicating the minor’s minority to the other party or parties to …

(a) The trustee or trustees shall establish a trust account, that shall be known as a Coogan Trust Account, pursuant to this section at a bank, savings and loan institution, credit union, brokerage firm, or company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, that is loca…

Subject to the limitations provided in this chapter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a minor may consent to the matters provided in this chapter, and the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian is not necessary. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative J…

A consent given by a minor under this chapter is not subject to disaffirmance because of minority. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

(a) A minor may consent to the minor’s medical care, vision care, or dental care if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The minor is 15 years of age or older. (2) The minor is living separate and apart from the minor’s parents or guardian, whether with or without t…

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Mental health treatment or counseling services” means the provision of mental health treatment or counseling on an outpatient basis by any of the following: (A) A governmental agency. (B) A person or agency having a contract with a governmental a…

(a) A minor may consent to medical care related to the prevention or treatment of pregnancy. (b) This section does not authorize a minor to be sterilized without the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 136, Sec. 12. (AB 260) Effective September…

(a) A minor who is 12 years of age or older and who may have come into contact with an infectious, contagious, or communicable disease may consent to medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of the disease, if the disease or condition is one that is required by law or r…

A minor who is 12 years of age or older and who is alleged to have been raped may consent to medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of the condition and the collection of medical evidence with regard to the alleged rape. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Oper…

(a) “Sexually assaulted” as used in this section includes, but is not limited to, conduct coming within Section 261, 286, or 287 of the Penal Code. (b) A minor who is alleged to have been sexually assaulted may consent to medical care related to the diagnosis and treatment of the…

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Counseling” means the provision of counseling services by a provider under a contract with the state or a county to provide alcohol or drug abuse counseling services pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5600) of Division 5 of the Welfare a…

Notwithstanding any other law, a minor 16 years of age or older may consent to opioid use disorder treatment that uses buprenorphine at a physician’s office, clinic, or health facility, by a licensed physician and surgeon or other health care provider acting within the scope of t…

(a) A minor who is 12 years of age or older and who states that the minor is injured as a result of intimate partner violence may consent to medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of the injury and the collection of medical evidence with regard to the alleged intimate…

Spouses may hold property as joint tenants or tenants in common, or as community property, or as community property with a right of survivorship. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 82, Sec. 13. (SB 1306) Effective January 1, 2015.)

The respective interests of each spouse in community property during continuance of the marriage relation are present, existing, and equal interests. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 82, Sec. 14. (SB 1306) Effective January 1, 2015.)