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DIVISION 11. MINORS 6500-7143›PART 2. RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES; CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS 6600-6602

§ 6600

California Family Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A minor is civilly liable for a wrong done by the minor, but is not liable in exemplary damages unless at the time of the act the minor was capable of knowing that the act was wrongful.

(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

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