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Family Code § 3086

CHAPTER 4. Joint Custody

Current as of September 28, 2026Fam. Code, § 3086Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.

In making an order of joint physical custody or joint legal custody, the court may specify one parent as the primary caretaker of the child and one home as the primary home of the child, for the purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance.