Top 100 Family Code Sections
As of February 2008

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Fam C Section

Topic

Source Code

241

Temporary order without notice

CCP §527

246

Time to act on application for order

None

270

Ability to pay attorney's fees or costs

None

271

Conduct-based award of attorney's fees or costs

CC §4370.6

290

Enforcement methods

CC §4380

721

Fiduciary relationship of husband and wife

CC §5103

755

Notice of interest in employee retirement plan

CC §5106

760

Definition of community property

CC §§5110, 5110.020(a)

771

Earnings while living separate are separate prop

CC §5118

850

Transmutation

CC §5110.710

852

Transmutations after 1/1/95 to be in writing

CC §5110.730

910

Community liable for debt of either spouse

CC §5120.110(a), (c)

915

Liability for support debt for prior family

CC §5120.150

916

Liability after property division

CC §5120.160

920

Reimbursement

CC §5120.210

1100

Fiduciary duty re community personal prop

CC §5125

1101

Remedies for breach of fiduciary duty

CC §5125.1

1102

Management and control of community real prop

CC §5127

2010

Jurisdiction of disso court

CC §4351

2021

Authority for joinder of pension plan

CC §4363

2022

Eavesdropping evidence

CC §4361

2024.6

Sealing of disso records identifying assets and liabilities

None

2030

Pendente lite attorneys' fees and costs

CC §4370(a)

2032

Factors re just and reasonable fee award

CC §4370.5

2033

Family law attorney's real property lien

CC §4372

2034

Objection to FLARPL

CC §4373

2045

Ex parte orders

CC §4359(a)(1)

2060

Procedure re joinder of pension plan

CC §§4363.1(a); 4351

2100

Policy re disclosure of assets and liabilities

CC §4800.10

2102

Fiduciary duties

CC §4800.10

2104

Preliminary disclosure declarations

CC §4800.10

2105

Final disclosure declarations

CC §4800.10

2108

Pendente lite authority to liquidate assets

CC §4800.10

2122

Grounds for relief from disso prop/support judgment

CC §4800.10

2320

Disso/legal sep residency requirement

CC §4530(a)

2321

Conversion from separation to disso proceeding

CC §4530(b)

2335

Specific acts of misconduct inadmissible

CC §4509

2336

Proof required for default

CC §4511

2337

Bifurcation conditions

CC §4515

2346

Nunc pro tunc entry of judgment

CC §4513

2550

Equal division of community property

CC §4800(a)

2552

Valuation date

CC §4800(a)

2556

Postjudgment juris to distribute omitted prop

CC §4353

2580

Legislative intent re jointly held property

CC §4800.1

2581

Presumption that jointly held prop is community

CC §4800.1(b)

2601

Award of asset to one party

CC §4800(b)(1)

2603.5

Enforcement of civil damages judgment against community property for domestic violence

None

2610

Retirement plan benefits division

CC §4800.8

2640

Reimbursement of separate prop contributions

CC §4800.2

2641

Reimbursement of comm contribution to educ

CC §4800.3

2650

Jointly held separate property

CC §4800.4(a)

3011

Best interests factors

CC §4608

3020

Policy re continuing contact with both parents

CC §4600(a)

3025

Noncustodial parent's access to records

CC §4600.5(l)

3040

Order of preference when granting custody

CC §4600(b), (d)

3041.5

Drug/alcohol testing in custody proceedings

None

3042

Child's custody preference

CC §4600(a)

3083

Joint legal custody order specifics

CC §4600.5(e)

3130

DA action to locate missing child

CC §4604(a)

3131

DA action to return child taken in violation of order

CC §4604(b)

3150

Appointment of counsel for child

CC §4606(a), (b)

3170

Mandatory custody/visitation mediation

CC §4607(a)

3177

Confidentiality of mediation

CC §§4351.5(d); 4607(c)

3181

Separate mediation when domestic violence

CC §4607.2

3190

Order requiring counseling

CC §4608.1(a)

3421

UCCJEA jurisdiction

none

3423

UCCJEA mod jurisdiction

none

3424

UCCJEA emergency jurisdiction

none

3443

Recognition of sister-state custody decree

none

3552

Tax returns discoverable if support at issue

CC §4700.7

3556

Support duty not affected by custody/visitation

CC §4382

3600

Pendente lite support

CC §4357(a)

3653

Retroactivity of support modification

CC §§4700(a); 4801(a)

3761

Health insurance coverage assignment

CC §4726.1(a)(1), (c)

3800

Deferred sale of home order

CC §4700.10(a)

3802

Factors re: deferring sale of home

CC §4700.10(b)

3901

Duration of child support

CC §§196.5; 4704.5

4001

Jurisdiction for child-support order

CC §4700(a)

4009

Retroactivity of child-support order

CC §4700(a)

4053

Mandatory child-support principles

CC §4720(a)(3)

4055

Statewide child-support guideline formula

CC §4721(a), (b)

4056

Information required to deviate from guideline

CC §4721(c)

4057

Rebuttal of presumption that guideline is correct

CC §4721(d), (e)

4057.5

New-mate income

None

4058

Sources includible in gross income

CC §4721(f)

4059

Calculation of net disposable income

CC §4721(g)

4065

Prerequisites to below-guideline stipulation

CC §4721(m)-(o)

4066

Family support authorization

CC §4721(p)

4071

Qualification for hardship deduction

CC §4722

4320

Mandatory spousal-support considerations

CC §4801

4323

Cohabitation by spousal-support recipient

CC §4801.5

4326

Termination of child support as change of circumstance

None

4331

Examination by vocational consultant

CC §4801(e)-(g)

4333

Retroactivity of spousal-support order

CC §4801(a)

4336

Retention of jurisdiction re spousal support

CC §4801(d)

5230

Mandatory support-order wage assignment

CC §4390.3

6300

Domestic violence protective order

CCP §545

6320

Ex parte order

CCP §§546, 4359, 7020

6321

Ex parte exclusion from a dwelling

CCP §§546, 4359, 7020

6323

Ex parte custody and visitation

CCP §§546, 4359, 7020

7540

Conclusive paternity presumption

Ev C §621(a)

7541

Blood tests to rebut conclusive presumption

Ev C §621(b)-(h)

7611

Qualifications for presumed father status

CC §7004(a)