California Code
DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Section 1. - 1. This code shall be known as the Family Code....

Section 2. - 2. A provision of this code, insofar as it is...

Section 3. - 3. A provision of this code, insofar as it is...

Section 4. - 4. (a) As used in this section: (1) “New law”...

Section 5. - 5. Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not...

Section 6. - 6. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the general...

Section 7. - 7. Whenever a reference is made to a portion of...

Section 8. - 8. Unless otherwise expressly stated: (a) “Division” means a division...

Section 9. - 9. The present tense includes the past and future tenses,...

Section 10. - 10. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural,...

Section 11. - 11. A reference to “husband” and “wife,” “spouses,” or “married...

Section 12. - 12. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. “Shall not”...

Section 13. - 13. If a provision or clause of this code or...