PART 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS [3000. - 3012.]

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

§§ 3000–3012 · 9 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Definitions §§ 3000–3007 · 6 sections

   • § 3000 Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
   • § 3002 “Joint custody” means joint physical custody and joint legal custody.
   • § 3003 “Joint legal custody” means that both parents shall share the right and the responsibility to make the decisions relating to the health, education, and welfare…
   • § 3004 “Joint physical custody” means that each of the parents shall have significant periods of physical custody. Joint physical custody shall be shared by the…
   • § 3006 “Sole legal custody” means that one parent shall have the right and the responsibility to make the decisions relating to the health, education, and welfare of…
   • § 3007 “Sole physical custody” means that a child shall reside with and be under the supervision of one parent, subject to the power of the court to order visitation.
2. CHAPTER 2. General Provisions §§ 3010–3012 · 3 sections

   • § 3010 (a) The mother of an unemancipated minor child and the father, if presumed to be the father under Section 7611, are equally entitled to the custody of the…
   • § 3011 (a) In making a determination of the best interests of the child in a proceeding described in Section 3021, the court shall, among any other factors it finds…
   • § 3012 (a) If a party’s deportation or detention by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security will have a material…