DIVISION 12. PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP 7500-7961›PART 2. PRESUMPTION CONCERNING CHILD OF MARRIAGE AND BLOOD TESTS TO DETERMINE PATERNITY 7540-7577›CHAPTER 1. Child of Wife Cohabiting With Husband 7540-7541

§ 7540

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

Except as provided in Section 7541, the child of a wife cohabiting with her husband, who is not impotent or sterile, is conclusively presumed to be a child of the marriage.

(Added by renumbering Section 7500 by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 161. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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