{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"9","citation":"Fam. Code, § 9","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS [1. - 185.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-1"},{"name":"PART 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS [1. - 13.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-1/part-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.   Operative January 1, 1994.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present.</p>","text":"The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/preliminary-provisions-9","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}