{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"21198","citation":"Ed. Code, § 21198","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS [1. - 32527.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS [1. - 32527.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-1/division-1"},{"name":"PART 12. FOUNDATIONS AND STATE COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS [21100. - 21203.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-1/division-1/part-12"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Foundations, Trusts, and Institutions of Arts and Sciences [21100. - 21203.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-1/division-1/part-12/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Legal Validation Proceedings [21180. - 21203.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-1/division-1/part-12/chapter-1/article-3"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Every material statement of the petition not specifically controverted by the answer shall, for the purposes of the special proceeding, be taken as true, and each person failing to answer the petition shall be deemed to admit as true all the material allegations of the petition.</p>","text":"Every material statement of the petition not specifically controverted by the answer shall, for the purposes of the special proceeding, be taken as true, and each person failing to answer the petition shall be deemed to admit as true all the material allegations of the petition.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/legal-validation-proceedings-21198","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}