California

Family Code

1,650 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 9007 — Except as provided in Section 9000.
• § 902 — “Debt” means an obligation incurred by a married person before or during marriage, whether based on contract, tort, or otherwise.
• § 903 — A debt is “incurred” at the following time: (a) In the case of a contract, at the time the contract is made.
• § 910 — (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute, the community estate is liable for a debt incurred by either spouse before or during marriage, regardless of which spouse has the management and
• § 9100 — (a) If a child adopted pursuant to the law of this state shows evidence of a developmental disability or mental illness as a result of conditions existing before the adoption to an extent that the chi
• § 9101 — (a) If an order of adoption is set aside as provided in Section 9100, the court making the order shall direct the district attorney, the county counsel, or the county welfare department to take approp
• § 9102 — (a) Except as provided in Section 9100, an action or proceeding of any kind to vacate, set aside, or otherwise nullify an order of adoption on any ground, except fraud, shall be commenced within one y
• § 911 — (a) The earnings of a married person during marriage are not liable for a debt incurred by the person’s spouse before marriage.
• § 912 — For the purposes of this part, quasi-community property is liable to the same extent, and shall be treated the same in all other respects, as community property.
• § 913 — (a) The separate property of a married person is liable for a debt incurred by the person before or during marriage.
• § 914 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 913, a married person is personally liable for the following debts incurred by the person’s spouse during marriage: (1) A debt incurred for necessaries of life of the perso
• § 915 — (a) For the purpose of this part, a child or spousal support obligation of a married person that does not arise out of the marriage shall be treated as a debt incurred before marriage, regardless of w
• § 916 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, after division of community and quasi-community property pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 2500): (1) The separate property owned
• § 92 — “Family support” means an agreement between the parents, or an order or judgment, that combines child support and spousal support without designating the amount to be paid for child support and the am
• § 920 — A right of reimbursement provided by this part is subject to the following provisions: (a) The right arises regardless of which spouse applies the property to the satisfaction of the debt, regardless
• § 9200 — (a) The petition, relinquishment or consent, agreement, order, report to the court from any investigating agency, and any power of attorney and deposition filed in the office of the clerk of the court
• § 9201 — (a) Except as otherwise permitted or required by statute, neither the department nor a licensed adoption agency shall release information that would identify persons who receive, or have received, ado
• § 9202 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department or licensed adoption agency that made a medical report required by Section 8706, 8817, or 8909 shall provide a copy of the medical report, in the mann
• § 9202.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the laboratory that is storing a blood sample pursuant to Section 8706, 8817, or 8909 shall provide access to the blood sample to only the following persons upon the
• § 9203 — (a) The department or a licensed adoption agency shall do the following: (1) Upon the request of a person who has been adopted pursuant to this part and who has attained 21 years of age, disclose the
• § 9203.1 — (a) The department or a licensed adoption agency shall, upon the request of a prospective adoptive parent, disclose an adoption homestudy and any updates to an adoption homestudy to a county or licens
• § 9204 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if an adult adoptee and the adult adoptee’s birth parents have each filed a written consent with the department or licensed adoption agency, the department or licens
• § 9205 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency that joined in the adoption petition shall release the names and addresses of siblings to one ano
• § 9206 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department or licensed adoption agency shall release any letters, photographs, or other items of personal property in its possession to an adoptee, birth parent,
• § 9208 — (a) The clerk of the superior court entering a final order of adoption concerning an Indian child shall provide the United States Secretary of the Interior or a designee with a copy of the order withi
• § 9209 — (a) Upon application by an Indian individual who has reached the age of 18 years and who was the subject of an adoptive placement, the court which entered the final decree of adoption shall inform tha
• § 9210 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a court of this state has jurisdiction over a proceeding for the adoption of a minor commenced under this part if any of the following app
• § 9212 — (a) Sections 9210 and 9211 apply to interstate adoptions if the prospective adoptive parents reside outside of the state.
• § 930 — Except as otherwise provided by statute, this part governs the liability of separate property and property in the community estate and the personal liability of a married person for a debt enforced on
• § 9300 — (a) An adult may be adopted by another adult, including a stepparent, as provided in this part.
• § 9301 — A married person who is not lawfully separated from the person’s spouse may not adopt an adult without the consent of the spouse, provided that the spouse is capable of giving that consent.
• § 9302 — (a) A married person who is not lawfully separated from the person’s spouse may not be adopted without the consent of the spouse, provided that the spouse is capable of giving that consent.
• § 9303 — (a) Except as permitted by the court, upon a finding of good cause, a person shall not adopt more than one unrelated adult pursuant to this part within one year of the person’s adoption of an unrelate
• § 9304 — A person adopted pursuant to this part may take the family name of the adoptive parent.
• § 9305 — After adoption, the adoptee and the adoptive parent or parents shall sustain towards each other the legal relationship of parent and child and have all the rights and are subject to all the duties of
• § 9306 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the birth parents of a person adopted pursuant to this part are, from the time of the adoption, relieved of all parental duties towards, and all res
• § 9307 — A hearing with regard to adoption under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 9320) or termination of a parent and child relationship under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 9340) may, in the discretion
• § 931 — The provisions of this part that govern reimbursement apply to all debts, regardless of whether satisfied before, on, or after January 1, 1985.
• § 9320 — (a) An adult may adopt another adult who is younger, except the spouse of the prospective adoptive parent, by an adoption agreement approved by the court, as provided in this chapter.
• § 9321 — (a) The prospective adoptive parent and the proposed adoptee may file in the county in which either person resides a petition for approval of the adoption agreement.
• § 9321.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 9321, a person who is a resident of this state may file a petition for adult adoption with the court in any of the following: (1) The county in which the prospective adopti
• § 9322 — When the petition for approval of the adoption agreement is filed, the court clerk shall set the matter for hearing.
• § 9323 — The court may require notice of the time and place of the hearing to be served on any other interested person and any interested person may appear and object to the proposed adoption.
• § 9324 — Both the prospective adoptive parent and the proposed adoptee shall appear at the hearing in person, unless the court allows otherwise pursuant to Section 8613.
• § 9325 — No investigation or report to the court by any public officer or agency is required, but the court may require the county probation officer or the department to investigate the circumstances of the pr
• § 9326 — The prospective adoptive parent shall mail or personally serve notice of the hearing and a copy of the petition to the director of the regional center for the developmentally disabled, established pur
• § 9327 — If the prospective adoptive parent is a provider of board and care, treatment, habilitation, or other services to persons with developmental disabilities, or is a spouse or employee of a provider, and
• § 9328 — (a) At the hearing the court shall examine the parties, or the counsel of any party not present in person.
• § 9340 — (a) Any person who has been adopted under this part may, upon written notice to the adoptive parent, file a petition to terminate the relationship of parent and child.
• § 95 — “Income and expense declaration” means the form for an income and expense declaration in family law matters adopted by the Judicial Council.