Fam. Code, § 6220 · Part 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Fam. Code, § 6220

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The purpose of this division is to prevent acts of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual abuse and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable these persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 635, Sec. 3. (AB 2089) Effective January 1, 2015.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM&sectionNum=6220.
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Cited by 3 provisions

Provisions in this library whose text cites Fam. Code, § 6220. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.

Family Code

California Rules of Court

Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.382Request to make minor's information confidential in domestic violence protective order proceedingsPrinted as Family Code section 6220

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