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DIVISION 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS 1-185›PART 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 1-13
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California Family Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
A provision of this code, insofar as it is substantially the same as a previously existing provision relating to the same subject matter, shall be considered as a restatement and continuation thereof and not as a new enactment, and a reference in a statute to the provision of this code shall be deemed to include a reference to the previously existing provision unless a contrary intent appears.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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