California

Family Code

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• § 5700.304 — (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this part, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents: (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate
• § 5700.305 — (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to Section 5700.
• § 5700.306 — If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state
• § 5700.307 — (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this part.
• § 5700.308 — (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 Gene
• § 5700.309 — An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this part.
• § 5700.310 — (a) The Department of Child Support Services is the state information agency under this part.
• § 5700.311 — (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
• § 5700.312 — 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 informa
• § 5700.313 — (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.
• § 5700.314 — (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,
• § 5700.315 — 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.
• § 5700.316 — (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 renditio
• § 5700.317 — 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
• § 5700.318 — 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
• § 5700.319 — (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.
• § 5700.401 — (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this part has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (1) th
• § 5700.402 — A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this part or a law or procedure
• § 5700.501 — An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor’s employer under Section 5210
• § 5700.502 — (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
• § 5700.503 — If an obligor’s employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with t
• § 5700.504 — An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this chapter is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the emplo
• § 5700.505 — An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance
• § 5700.506 — (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal
• § 5700.507 — (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required
• § 5700.601 — A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state for enforcement.
• § 5700.602 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5700.
• § 5700.603 — (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
• § 5700.604 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support
• § 5700.605 — (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party.
• § 5700.606 — (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in this state shall request a hearing within the time required by Section 5700.
• § 5700.607 — (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (1) the issuing
• § 5700.608 — Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at
• § 5700.609 — A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in
• § 5700.610 — A tribunal of this state may enforce a child-support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state, but
• § 5700.611 — (a) If Section 5700.
• § 5700.612 — If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of t
• § 5700.613 — (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing st
• § 5700.614 — Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child-support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive
• § 5700.615 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5700.
• § 5700.616 — A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the Convention may register that order in this state under Sections 5700.
• § 5700.701 — In this chapter: (1) “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authorit
• § 5700.702 — This chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention.
• § 5700.703 — The Department of Child Support Services is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.
• § 5700.704 — (a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Child Support Services shall: (1) transmit and receive applications; and (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding re
• § 5700.705 — (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child.
• § 5700.706 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this state
• § 5700.707 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Sections 5700.
• § 5700.708 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order.
• § 5700.709 — If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order.
• § 5700.710 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.
• § 5700.711 — (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless: (1) the obligee submits
• § 5700.712 — Personal information gathered or transmitted under this chapter may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
• § 5700.713 — A record filed with a tribunal of this state under this chapter must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.
• § 5700.801 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, “governor” includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this part.
• § 5700.802 — (a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the Governor may req
• § 5700.901 — In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
• § 5700.902 — This part applies to proceedings begun on or after January 1, 2016, to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order,
• § 5700.903 — If any provision of this part or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect w
• § 5700.905 — The Department of Child Support Services may adopt emergency regulations as appropriate to implement this part.
• § 58 — “Child for whom support may be ordered” means a minor child and a child for whom support is authorized under Section 3587, 3901, or 3910.
• § 6 — Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the general provisions and rules of construction in this part govern the construction of this code.
• § 6200 — This division may be cited as the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
• § 6201 — Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this part govern the construction of this code.
• § 6203 — (a) For purposes of this act, “abuse” means any of the following: (1) To intentionally or recklessly cause or attempt to cause bodily injury.
• § 6205 — “Affinity,” when applied to the marriage relation, signifies the connection existing in consequence of marriage between each of the married persons and the blood relatives of the other.
• § 6209 — “Cohabitant” means a person who regularly resides in the household.
• § 6210 — “Dating relationship” means frequent, intimate associations primarily characterized by the expectation of affection or sexual involvement independent of financial considerations.
• § 6211 — Domestic violence — definitions
• § 6215 — “Emergency protective order” means an order issued under Part 3 (commencing with Section 6240).
• § 6216 — For the purposes of this division, “firearm” includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, including a completed frame or receiver or a firearm precursor part.
• § 6218 — “Protective order” means an order that includes any of the following restraining orders, whether issued ex parte, after notice and hearing, or in a judgment: (a) An order described in Section 6320 enj
• § 6219 — Subject to adequate, discretionary funding from a city or a county, the superior courts in San Diego County and in Santa Clara County may develop a demonstration project to identify the best practices
• § 6220 — The purpose of this division is to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient t
• § 6221 — (a) Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, this division applies to any order described in this division, whether the order is issued in a proceeding brought pursuant to this division, in
• § 6222 — There is no filing fee for an application, a responsive pleading, or an order to show cause that seeks to obtain, modify, or enforce a protective order or other order authorized by this division when
• § 6223 — A custody or visitation order issued in a proceeding brought pursuant to this division is subject to Part 2 (commencing with Section 3020) of Division 8 (custody of children).
• § 6224 — An order described in this division shall state on its face the date of expiration of the order and the following statements in substantially the following form: “This order is effective when made.
• § 6225 — A petition for an order described in this division is valid and the order is enforceable without explicitly stating the address of the petitioner or the petitioner’s place of residence, school, employ
• § 6226 — The Judicial Council shall prescribe the form of the orders and any other documents required by this division and shall promulgate forms and instructions for applying for orders described in this divi
• § 6226.5 — (a) On or before January 1, 2023, the Judicial Council shall amend the Judicial Council form entitled “Can a Domestic Violence Restraining Order Help Me?” to include a brief description of the address
• § 6227 — The remedies provided in this division are in addition to any other civil or criminal remedies that may be available to the petitioner.
• § 6228 — (a) State and local law enforcement agencies shall provide, upon request and without charging a fee, one copy of all incident report face sheets, one copy of all incident reports, a copy of any accomp
• § 6229 — A minor, under 12 years of age, accompanied by a duly appointed and acting guardian ad litem, shall be permitted to appear in court without counsel for the limited purpose of requesting or opposing a
• § 6240 — As used in this part: (a) “Judicial officer” means a judge, commissioner, or referee designated under Section 6241.
• § 6241 — The presiding judge of the superior court in each county shall designate at least one judge, commissioner, or referee to be reasonably available to issue orally, by telephone or otherwise, emergency p
• § 6250 — 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 pr
• § 6250.3 — 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.
• § 6250.5 — A judicial officer may issue an ex parte emergency protective order to a peace officer defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 830.
• § 6251 — 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
• § 6252 — An emergency protective order may include any of the following specific orders, as appropriate: (a) A protective order, as defined in Section 6218.
• § 6252.5 — (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
• § 6253 — An emergency protective order shall include all of the following: (a) A statement of the grounds asserted for the order.
• § 6254 — The fact that the endangered person has left the household to avoid abuse does not affect the availability of an emergency protective order.
• § 6255 — An emergency protective order shall be issued without prejudice to any person.
• § 6256 — 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.
• § 6257 — 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
• § 6270 — A law enforcement officer who requests an emergency protective order shall reduce the order to writing and sign it.
• § 6271 — 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.
• § 6272 — (a) A law enforcement officer shall use every reasonable means to enforce an emergency protective order.
• § 6274 — A peace officer, as defined in Section 830.
• § 6275 — (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 cod
• § 63 — “Community estate” includes both community property and quasi-community property.
• § 6300 — Domestic violence restraining order (DVRO)
• § 6301 — (a) An individual need not be a resident of the state to file a petition for an order under this part.
• § 6301.5 — (a) A minor or the minor’s legal guardian may petition the court to have information regarding a minor that was obtained in connection with a request for a protective order pursuant to this division,
• § 6302 — A notice of hearing under this part shall notify the respondent that, if the respondent does not attend the hearing, the court may make orders against the respondent that could last up to five years.
• § 6303 — (a) It is the function of a support person to provide moral and emotional support for a person who alleges to be a victim of domestic violence.
• § 6304 — When making a protective order, as defined in Section 6218, where both parties are present in court, the court shall inform both the petitioner and the respondent of the terms of the order, including
• § 6305 — (a) The court shall not issue a mutual order enjoining the parties from specific acts of abuse described in Section 6320 unless both of the following apply: (1) Both parties personally appear and each
• § 6306 — (a) (1) Before a hearing on the issuance or denial of an order under this part, the court shall ensure that a search is or has been conducted to determine if the subject of the proposed order has a pr
• § 6306.5 — (a) (1) Petitions seeking domestic violence restraining orders under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6320) and domestic violence temporary restraining orders under Part 4 (commencing with Section 2
• § 6306.6 — (a) Information about access to self-help services regarding domestic violence restraining orders shall be prominently visible on the superior court’s internet website.
• § 6307 — (a) (1) (A) A court or court facility that receives petitions for domestic violence restraining orders under this part or domestic violence temporary restraining orders under Part 4 (commencing with S
• § 6308 — (a) A party, support person as defined in Section 6303, or witness may appear remotely at the hearing on a petition for a domestic violence restraining order.
• § 6309 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) Domestic violence is an urgent public safety and public health crisis.
• § 6320 — DVRO — scope of orders
• § 6320.5 — (a) An order denying a petition for an ex parte order pursuant to Section 6320 shall include the reasons for denying the petition.
• § 6321 — (a) The court may issue an ex parte order excluding a party from the family dwelling, the dwelling of the other party, the common dwelling of both parties, or the dwelling of the person who has care,
• § 6322 — The court may issue an ex parte order enjoining a party from specified behavior that the court determines is necessary to effectuate orders under Section 6320 or 6321.
• § 6322.5 — (a) When relevant information is presented to the court at a noticed hearing that a restrained person has a firearm or ammunition, the court shall consider that information and determine, by a prepond
• § 6322.7 — (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 any protected person, unless the
• § 6323 — (a) Subject to Section 3064: (1) The court may issue an ex parte order determining the temporary custody and visitation of a minor child, on the conditions the court determines, to a party who has est
• § 6323.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Discretionary services organization” includes any organization that provides nonessential services to children, such as recreati
• § 6324 — The court may issue an ex parte order determining the temporary use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties and the payment of any liens or encumbrances coming due during
• § 6325 — The court may issue an ex parte order restraining a married person from specified acts in relation to community, quasi-community, and separate property as provided in Section 2045.
• § 6325.5 — (a) The court may issue an ex parte order restraining any party from cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage
• § 6326 — An ex parte order under this article shall be issued or denied on the same day that the application is submitted to the court, unless the application is filed too late in the day to permit effective r
• § 6327 — Part 4 (commencing with Section 240) of Division 2 applies to the issuance of any ex parte order under this article, other than an order under Section 6322.
• § 6340 — (a) (1) The court may issue any of the orders described in Article 1 (commencing with Section 6320) after notice and a hearing.
• § 6341 — (a) If the parties are married to each other and no other child support order exists or if there is a presumption under Section 7611 that the respondent is the natural father of a minor child and the
• § 6342 — (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue any of the following orders: (1) An order that restitution be paid to the petitioner for loss of earnings and out-of-pocket expenses, including, but
• § 6342.5 — (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue an order determining the use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the parties during the period the order is in effect and the p
• § 6343 — (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue an order requiring the restrained party to participate in a batterer’s program approved by the probation department as provided in Section 1203.
• § 6344 — (a) After notice and a hearing, a court, upon request, shall issue an order for the payment of attorney’s fees and costs for a prevailing petitioner.
• § 6345 — (a) In the discretion of the court, the personal conduct, stay-away, and residence exclusion orders contained in a court order issued after notice and a hearing under this article may have a duration
• § 6346 — The court may make appropriate custody and visitation orders pursuant to the Uniform Parentage Act (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 12) after notice and a hearing under this section
• § 6347 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2016, in order to ensure that the requesting party can maintain an existing wireless telephone number, and the wireless numbers of any minor children in the care of the requesti
• § 6360 — A judgment entered in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, for nullity of marriage, for legal separation of the parties, in a proceeding brought pursuant to this division, or in an action brought
• § 6361 — If an order is included in a judgment pursuant to this article, the judgment shall state on its face both of the following: (a) Which provisions of the judgment are the orders.
• § 6380 — (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 subdivisi
• § 6380.5 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Wyland’s Law.
• § 6381 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 6380 and subject to subdivision (b), an order issued under this part is enforceable in any place in this state.
• § 6382 — 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, informat
• § 6383 — (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 t
• § 6384 — (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 th
• § 6385 — (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 o
• § 6386 — (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.
• § 6387 — 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, mod
• § 6388 — A willful and knowing violation of a protective order, as defined in Section 6218, is a crime punishable as provided by Section 273.
• § 6389 — (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.
• § 6400 — This part may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.
• § 6401 — In this part: (1) “Foreign protection order” means a protection order issued by a tribunal of another state.
• § 6402 — (a) A person authorized by the law of this state to seek enforcement of a protection order may seek enforcement of a valid foreign protection order in a tribunal of this state.
• § 6403 — (a) A law enforcement officer of this state, upon determining that there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists and that the order has been violated, shall enforce t
• § 6404 — (a) A foreign protection order shall, upon request of the person in possession of the order, be registered with a court of this state in order to be entered in the California Restraining and Protectiv
• § 6405 — (a) There shall be no civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action for false arrest or false imprisonment against, a peace officer who makes an arrest pursuant to a foreign protection order
• § 6406 — A protected individual who pursues remedies under this part is not precluded from pursuing other legal or equitable remedies against the respondent.
• § 6407 — In applying and construing this part, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that also have adopted the act cited in
• § 6408 — If any provision of this part or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect w
• § 6409 — This part applies to protection orders issued before January 1, 2002, and to continuing actions for enforcement of foreign protection orders commenced before January 1, 2002.
• § 6450 — This part may be cited as the Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.
• § 6451 — In this part: (a) “Canadian domestic violence protection order” means a judgment or part of a judgment or order issued in English in a civil proceeding by a court of Canada under law of the issuing ju
• § 6452 — (a) If a law enforcement officer determines under subdivision (b) or (c) that there is probable cause to believe a valid Canadian domestic violence protection order exists and the order has been viola
• § 6453 — (a) A tribunal of this state may issue an order enforcing or refusing to enforce a Canadian domestic violence protection order on application of any of the following: (1) A protected party or other pe
• § 6454 — (a) An individual may register a Canadian domestic violence protection order in this state.
• § 6455 — (a) There shall be no civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action for false arrest or false imprisonment against, a law enforcement officer who makes an arrest pursuant to a Canadian domest
• § 6456 — An individual who seeks a remedy under this part may seek other legal or equitable remedies.
• § 6457 — If there is more than one order issued and one of the orders is an emergency protective order that has precedence in enforcement pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 136.
• § 6458 — This part modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.
• § 6459 — This part applies to a Canadian domestic violence protection order issued before, on, or after January 1, 2018, and to a continuing action for enforcement of a Canadian domestic violence protection or
• § 6460 — If any provision of this part or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this part that can be given effect wi
• § 65 — “Community property” is property that is community property under Part 2 (commencing with Section 760) of Division 4.
• § 6500 — A minor is an individual who is under 18 years of age.
• § 6501 — An adult is an individual who is 18 years of age or older.
• § 6502 — (a) The use of or reference to the words “age of majority,” “age of minority,” “adult,” “minor,” or words of similar intent in any instrument, order, transfer, or governmental communication made in th
• § 6550 — (a) A caregiver’s authorization affidavit that meets the requirements of this part authorizes a caregiver 18 years of age or older who completes items 1 to 4, inclusive, of the affidavit provided in S
• § 6552 — The caregiver’s authorization affidavit shall be in substantially the following form: Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit Use of this affidavit is authorized by Part 1.
• § 6600 — A minor is civilly liable for a wrong done by the minor, but is not liable in exemplary damages unless at the time of the act the minor was capable of knowing that the act was wrongful.
• § 6601 — A minor may enforce the minor’s rights by civil action or other legal proceedings in the same manner as an adult, except that a guardian must conduct the action or proceedings.
• § 6602 — A contract for attorney’s fees for services in litigation, made by or on behalf of a minor, is void unless the contract is approved, on petition by an interested person, by the court in which the liti
• § 6650 — For the purposes of this part, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Age of majority” means 18 years of age or older.
• § 6651 — A minor is considered engaged in the work of vlogging when the following are met at any time during a given month: (a) (1) At least 30 percent of the vlogger’s compensated video content or the vlogger
• § 6652 — All vloggers whose content features a minor engaged in the work of vlogging, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 6651, shall maintain, and make available to the minor upon request, all of the f
• § 6653 — (a) A minor satisfying the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 6651 shall be compensated by the vlogger, pursuant to the terms of this section.
• § 6654 — If a vlogger knowingly violates this part or should have known they were in violation of this part, a minor satisfying the criteria described in subdivision (a) of Section 6651 may commence an action
• § 6655 — (a) This part does not affect a right or remedy available under any other law of the state.
• § 6656 — This part shall not apply to a contract for vlogging services between a minor and their parent or guardian only if a court approves the contract pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6751.
• § 67 — “County” includes city and county.
• § 6700 — Except as provided in Section 6701, a minor may make a contract in the same manner as an adult, subject to the power of disaffirmance under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6710), and subject to Par
• § 6701 — A minor cannot do any of the following: (a) Give a delegation of power.
• § 6710 — 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 perio
• § 6711 — A minor cannot disaffirm an obligation, otherwise valid, entered into by the minor under the express authority or direction of a statute.
• § 6712 — 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,
• § 6713 — 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 o
• § 6750 — (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 empl