Title FAM, California Fam. Code

The court shall make the order requested pursuant to Section 4410 only if the petition alleges and the court finds all of the following: (a) The child was abandoned by the parent when the child was a minor. (b) The abandonment continued for a period of two or more years before th…

On the filing of a petition under this chapter, the clerk shall set the matter for hearing by the court and shall issue a citation, stating the time and place of the hearing, directed to the parent and to the parent’s conservator, if any, or, if the parent is deceased, the person…

If the parent is a resident of this state, the court does not have jurisdiction to make an order under this chapter until 30 days after the county counsel, or the district attorney in a county not having a county counsel, of the county in which the parent resides has been served …

(a) If, upon hearing, the court determines that the requirements of Section 4411 are satisfied, the court shall make an order that the petitioner is relieved from the obligation otherwise imposed by law to support the parent. (b) An order under this section also releases the peti…

(a) No notary public shall issue a confidential marriage license pursuant to this part unless the notary public is approved by the county clerk to issue confidential marriage licenses pursuant to this chapter. (b) A violation of subdivision (a) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fi…

(a) An application for approval to authorize confidential marriages pursuant to this part shall be submitted to the county clerk in the county in which the notary public who is applying for the approval resides. The county clerk shall exercise reasonable discretion as to whether …

No approval, or renewal of the approval, shall be granted pursuant to this chapter unless the notary public shows evidence of successful completion of a course of instruction concerning the issuance of confidential marriage licenses that was conducted by the county clerk in the c…

An approval to issue confidential marriage licenses pursuant to this chapter is valid for one year. The approval may be renewed for additional one-year periods provided the following conditions are met: (a) The applicant has not violated any of the provisions provided for in Sect…

(a) The county clerk shall maintain a list of the notaries public who are approved to issue confidential marriage licenses. The list shall be available for inspection by the public. (b) It is the responsibility of a notary public approved to issue confidential marriage licenses p…

(a) If, after an approval to issue confidential marriage licenses is granted pursuant to this chapter, it is discovered that the notary public has engaged in any of the actions specified in Section 8214.1 of the Government Code, the approval shall be revoked, and the county clerk…

(a) The fee for an application for approval to authorize confidential marriages pursuant to this chapter is three hundred dollars ($300). (b) The fee for renewal of an approval is three hundred dollars ($300). (c) Fees received pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in a tru…

(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if: (1) the individual is personally served with…

Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this part or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to…

Under this part, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effe…

(a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if: (1) the petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the e…

(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and: (1) at the time of the filing of a reque…

(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: (1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribu…

(a) If a proceeding is brought under this part and only one tribunal has issued a child-support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be recognized. (b) If a proceeding is brought under this part, and two or more child-support orders have been issued by tribunals of…

In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tr…

A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or…

A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this part, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to Section 5700.31…

(a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation. (b) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-…

A judicial officer may issue an ex parte emergency protective order where a law enforcement officer asserts reasonable grounds to believe any of the following: (a) That a person is in immediate and present danger of domestic violence, based on the person’s allegation of a recent …

An emergency protective order is valid only if it is issued by a judicial officer after making the findings required by Section 6251 and pursuant to a specific request by a law enforcement officer. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 82, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)

A judicial officer may issue an ex parte emergency protective order to a peace officer defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 830.32 if the issuance of that order is consistent with an existing memorandum of understanding between the college or school police department wh…

An emergency protective order may be issued only if the judicial officer finds both of the following: (a) That reasonable grounds have been asserted to believe that an immediate and present danger of domestic violence exists, that a child is in immediate and present danger of abu…

An emergency protective order may include any of the following specific orders, as appropriate: (a) A protective order, as defined in Section 6218. (b) An order determining the temporary care and control of any minor child of the endangered person and the person against whom the …

(a) The court shall order that any party enjoined pursuant to an order issued under this part be prohibited from taking any action to obtain the address or location of a protected party or a protected party’s family members, caretakers, or guardian, unless there is good cause not…

An emergency protective order shall include all of the following: (a) A statement of the grounds asserted for the order. (b) The date and time the order expires. (c) The address of the superior court for the district or county in which the endangered person or child in danger of …

The fact that the endangered person has left the household to avoid abuse does not affect the availability of an emergency protective order. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 1994.)

An emergency protective order shall be issued without prejudice to any person. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 1994.)

An emergency protective order expires at the earlier of the following times: (a) The close of judicial business on the fifth court day following the day of its issuance. (b) The seventh calendar day following the day of its issuance. (Amended (as added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219) by…

If an emergency protective order concerns an endangered child, the child’s parent or guardian who is not a restrained person, or a person having temporary custody of the endangered child, may apply to the court for a restraining order under Section 213.5 of the Welfare and Instit…

Except as otherwise provided by statute, a contract of a minor may be disaffirmed by the minor before majority or within a reasonable time afterwards or, in case of the minor’s death within that period, by the minor’s heirs or personal representative. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch.…

A minor cannot disaffirm an obligation, otherwise valid, entered into by the minor under the express authority or direction of a statute. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

A contract, otherwise valid, entered into during minority, may not be disaffirmed on that ground either during the actual minority of the person entering into the contract, or at any time thereafter, if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The contract is to pay t…

If, before the contract of a minor is disaffirmed, goods the minor has sold are transferred to another purchaser who bought them in good faith for value and without notice of the transferor’s defect of title, the minor cannot recover the goods from an innocent purchaser. (Enacted…

The parent, guardian, or caregiver of a minor who is a relative of the minor and who may authorize medical care and dental care under Section 6550, may authorize in writing an adult into whose care a minor has been entrusted to consent to medical care or dental care, or both, for…

(a) Upon application by a minor, the court may summarily grant consent for medical care or dental care or both for the minor if the court determines all of the following: (1) The minor is 16 years of age or older and resides in this state. (2) The consent of a parent or guardian …

An emancipated minor shall be considered as being an adult for the following purposes: (a) The minor’s right to support by the minor’s parents. (b) The right of the minor’s parents to the minor’s earnings and to control the minor. (c) The application of Sections 300 and 601 of th…

An insurance contract entered into by an emancipated minor has the same effect as if it were entered into by an adult and, with respect to that contract, the minor has the same rights, duties, and liabilities as an adult. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative Janua…

With respect to shares of stock in a domestic or foreign corporation held by an emancipated minor, a membership in a nonprofit corporation held by an emancipated minor, or other property held by an emancipated minor, the minor may do all of the following: (a) Vote in person, and …

Spouses contract toward each other obligations of mutual respect, fidelity, and support. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 82, Sec. 11. (SB 1306) Effective January 1, 2015.)

(a) Subject to subdivision (b), either spouse may enter into any transaction with the other, or with any other person, respecting property, which either might if unmarried. (b) Except as provided in Sections 143, 144, 146, 16040, 16047, and 21385 of the Probate Code, in transacti…

This chapter shall govern both of the following: (a) The genetic testing of a person who either voluntarily submits to genetic testing or is ordered to submit to genetic testing pursuant to an order of a court or local child support agency. (b) The use of genetic testing in a pro…

The following definitions shall apply to this chapter: (a) “Combined relationship index” means the product of all tested relationship indices. (b) “Ethnic or racial group” means, for the purpose of genetic testing, a recognized group that a person identifies as the person’s ances…