California Family Code CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

• Section 3400.
  This part may be cited as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 867, Sec. 3. Effective January...
• Section 3402.
  As used in this part:(a) “Abandoned” means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision.(b) “Child” means an individual who has not attained 18 years...
• Section 3403.
  This part does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child.(Repealed and added by...
• Section 3404.
  (a) A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 et seq.) is...
• Section 3405.
  (a) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying...
• Section 3406.
  A child custody determination made by a court of this state that had jurisdiction under this part binds all persons who have been served in...
• Section 3407.
  If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this part is raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a...
• Section 3408.
  (a) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the law of...
• Section 3409.
  (a) A party to a child custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a child...
• Section 3410.
  (a) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this part.(b) The court may allow the parties...
• Section 3411.
  (a) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in...
• Section 3412.
  (a) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to do all of the following:(1) Hold an evidentiary hearing.(2) Order a person to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018