PART 1. FAMILY CONCILIATION COURT LAW [1800. - 1842.]

Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.

§§ 1800–1842 · 27 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 1800–1802 · 3 sections

   • § 1800 This part may be cited as the Family Conciliation Court Law.
   • § 1801 The purposes of this part are to protect the rights of children and to promote the public welfare by preserving, promoting, and protecting family life and the…
   • § 1802 (a) This part applies only in counties in which the superior court determines that the social conditions in the county and the number of domestic relations…
2. CHAPTER 2. Family Conciliation Courts §§ 1810–1820 · 11 sections

   • § 1810 Each superior court shall exercise the jurisdiction conferred by this part. While sitting in the exercise of this jurisdiction, the court shall be known and…
   • § 1811 The presiding judge of the superior court shall annually, in the month of January, designate at least one judge to hear all cases under this part.
   • § 1812 (a) The judge of the family conciliation court may transfer any case before the family conciliation court pursuant to this part to the department of the…
   • § 1813 (a) The presiding judge of the superior court may appoint a judge of the superior court other than the judge of the family conciliation court to act as judge…
   • § 1814 (a) In each county in which a family conciliation court is established, the superior court may appoint one supervising counselor of conciliation and one…
   • § 1815 (a) A person employed as a supervising counselor of conciliation or as an associate counselor of conciliation shall have all of the following minimum…
   • § 1816 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Eligible provider” means the Administrative Office of the Courts or an educational…
   • § 1817 The probation officer in every county shall do all of the following: (a) Give assistance to the family conciliation court that the court may request to carry…
   • § 1818 (a) All superior court hearings or conferences in proceedings under this part shall be held in private and the court shall exclude all persons except the…
   • § 1819 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), upon order of the judge of the family conciliation court, the supervising counselor of conciliation may destroy any…
   • § 1820 (a) A court may contract with any other court or courts to provide joint family conciliation court services. (b) An agreement between two or more courts for…
3. CHAPTER 3. Proceedings for Conciliation §§ 1830–1842 · 13 sections

   • § 1830 (a) When a controversy exists between spouses, or when a controversy relating to child custody or visitation exists between parents regardless of their marital…
   • § 1831 Before the filing of a proceeding for determination of custody or visitation rights, for dissolution of marriage, for nullity of a voidable marriage, or for…
   • § 1832 The petition shall be captioned substantially as follows: In the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of ____ Upon the petition of ⎫…
   • § 1833 The petition shall: (a) Allege that a controversy exists between the spouses or parents and request the aid of the court to effect a reconciliation or an…
   • § 1834 (a) The clerk of the court shall provide, at the expense of the court, blank forms for petitions for filing pursuant to this part. (b) The probation officers…
   • § 1835 No fee shall be charged by any officer for filing the petition.
   • § 1836 (a) The court shall fix a reasonable time and place for hearing on the petition. The court shall cause notice to be given to the respondents of the filing of…
   • § 1837 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), for the purpose of conducting hearings pursuant to this part, the family conciliation court may be convened at any…
   • § 1838 (a) The hearing shall be conducted informally as a conference or a series of conferences to effect a reconciliation of the spouses or an amicable adjustment or…
   • § 1839 (a) At or after the hearing, the court may make orders in respect to the conduct of the spouses or parents and the subject matter of the controversy that the…
   • § 1840 (a) During a period beginning upon the filing of the petition for conciliation and continuing until 30 days after the hearing of the petition for conciliation,…
   • § 1841 If a petition for dissolution of marriage, for nullity of marriage, or for legal separation of the parties is filed, the case may be transferred at any time…
   • § 1842 (a) If an application is made to the family conciliation court for conciliation proceedings in respect to a controversy between spouses, or a contested…