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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 270
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 270
If a court orders a party to pay attorney’s fees or costs under this code, the court shall first determine that the party has or is reasonably likely to have the ability to pay.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 271
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 271
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the court may base an award of attorney’s fees and costs on the extent to which any conduct of each party or attorney furthers or frustrates the policy of the law to promote settlement of litigation and, where possible, to red
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 272
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 272
(a) Where the court orders one of the parties to pay attorney’s fees and costs for the benefit of the other party, the fees and costs may, in the discretion of the court, be made payable in whole or in part to the attorney entitled thereto. (b) Subject to subdivision (c), the ord
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 273
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 273
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the court shall not award attorney’s fees against any governmental agency involved in a family law matter or child support proceeding except when sanctions are appropriate pursuant to Section 128.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure o
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 274
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 274
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the injured spouse is entitled to a remedy authorized pursuant to Section 4324, the injured spouse shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorney’s fees and costs as a sanction pursuant to this section. (b) An award of atto
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 290
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 290
A judgment or order made or entered pursuant to this code may be enforced by the court by execution, the appointment of a receiver, or contempt, or by any other order as the court in its discretion determines from time to time to be necessary.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 291
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 291
(a) A money judgment or judgment for possession or sale of property that is made or entered under this code, including a judgment for child, family, or spousal support, is enforceable until paid in full or otherwise satisfied. (b) A judgment described in this section is exempt fr
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 292
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 292
(a) The Judicial Council shall modify the title of its existing form, “Order to Show Cause and Declaration for Contempt (Family Law),” to “Order to Show Cause and Affidavit for Contempt (Family Law).” (b) The Judicial Council shall prescribe a form entitled “Affidavit of Facts Co
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 295
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 295
(a) For the purpose of application of the laws of succession set forth in the Probate Code to a decedent, and for the purpose of determining the validity of a marriage under the laws of this state, an alliance entered into before 1958, which, by custom of the Indian tribe, band,
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 297
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 297
(a) Domestic partners are two adults who have chosen to share one another’s lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring. (b) A domestic partnership shall be established in California when both persons file a Declaration of Domestic Partnership with the Secret
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 297.1
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 297.1
(a) A person under 18 years of age who, together with the other proposed domestic partner, otherwise meets the requirements for a domestic partnership other than the requirement of being at least 18 years of age, may establish a domestic partnership upon obtaining a court order g
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 297.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 297.5
(a) Registered domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections, and benefits, and shall be subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties under law, whether they derive from statutes, administrative regulations, court rules, government policies, common la
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 298
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 298
(a) (1) The Secretary of State shall prepare forms entitled “Declaration of Domestic Partnership” and “Notice of Termination of Domestic Partnership” to meet the requirements of this division. These forms shall require the signature and seal of an acknowledgment by a notary publi
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 298.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 298.5
(a) Two persons desiring to become domestic partners may complete and file a Declaration of Domestic Partnership with the Secretary of State. (b) The Secretary of State shall register the Declaration of Domestic Partnership in a registry for those partnerships, and shall return a
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 298.6
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 298.6
(a) Parties to a registered domestic partnership shall not be required to have the same name. Neither party shall be required to change their name. A person’s name shall not change upon registration as a domestic partner unless that person elects to change their name pursuant to
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 298.7
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 298.7
The Secretary of State shall establish a process by which two persons, who have been living together as domestic partners and who meet the requirements of paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (b) of Section 297, may enter into a confidential domestic partnership. This
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 298.8
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 298.8
(a) The Secretary of State shall create a document no later than March 1, 2020, with annual updates no later than March 1 of each year thereafter, disaggregated by county, containing only the following information concerning domestic partnerships that were registered during the p
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 299
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 299
(a) A registered domestic partnership may be terminated without filing a proceeding for dissolution of domestic partnership by the filing of a Notice of Termination of Domestic Partnership with the Secretary of State pursuant to this section, provided that all of the following co
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 299.2
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 299.2
A legal union of two persons, other than a marriage, that was validly formed in another jurisdiction, and that is substantially equivalent to a domestic partnership as defined in this part, shall be recognized as a valid domestic partnership in this state regardless of whether it
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 299.6
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 299.6
(a) Any local ordinance or law that provides for the creation of a “domestic partnership” shall be preempted on and after July 1, 2000, except as provided in subdivision (c). (b) Domestic partnerships created under any local domestic partnership ordinance or law before July 1, 20
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 3
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 3
A provision of this code, insofar as it is the same in substance as a provision of a uniform act, shall be construed to effectuate the general purpose to make uniform the law in those states which enact that provision.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 300
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 300
(a) Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between two persons, to which the consent of the parties capable of making that contract is necessary. Consent alone does not constitute marriage. Consent must be followed by the issuance of a license and solemni
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 3000
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 3000
Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 3002
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 3002
“Joint custody” means joint physical custody and joint legal custody.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 3003
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 3003
“Joint legal custody” means that both parents shall share the right and the responsibility to make the decisions relating to the health, education, and welfare of a child.