California Family Code CHAPTER 1 - Definitions

• Section 3000.
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10....
• Section 3002.
  “Joint custody” means joint physical custody and joint legal custody.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
• Section 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...
• Section 3004.
  “Joint physical custody” means that each of the parents shall have significant periods of physical custody. Joint physical custody shall be shared by the parents...
• Section 3006.
  “Sole legal custody” means that one parent shall have the right and the responsibility to make the decisions relating to the health, education, and welfare...
• Section 3007.
  “Sole physical custody” means that a child shall reside with and be under the supervision of one parent, subject to the power of the court...

Last modified: October 22, 2018