Gov. Code, § 70635 · Article 1. Civil Fees Generally

Gov. Code, § 70635

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

(a) No fee shall be charged to the petitioner in a proceeding for a change of name that meets the conditions for the exemption under subdivision (b) of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure if the action is filed on behalf of a minor.

(b) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as “Sydney’s Law.”

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 818, Sec. 2. (AB 2201) Effective January 1, 2019.

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=GOV&sectionNum=70635.
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Code of Civil Procedure

Code Civ. Proc., § 1277Printed as Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure

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