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DIVISION 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS 1-185›PART 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 1-13

§ 12

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

“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. “Shall not” and “may not” are prohibitory.

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

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