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California Family Code Section 242

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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if an order
described in Section 240 is issued, the matter shall be made
returnable on an order requiring cause to be shown why a permanent
order should not be granted, on the earliest day that the business of
the court will permit, but not later than 20 days or, if good cause
appears to the court, 25 days from the date of the order.
   (b) If a hearing is not held within the time provided in
subdivision (a), the court may nonetheless hear the matter, but the
order is unenforceable unless reissued under Section 245.

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