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Family Code § 4000

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

Current as of September 28, 2026Fam. Code, § 4000Official source ↗

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

If a parent has the duty to provide for the support of the parent’s child and willfully fails to so provide, the other parent, or the child by a guardian ad litem, may bring an action against the parent to enforce the duty.