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DIVISION 9. SUPPORT 3500-5700.905›PART 4. SUPPORT OF PARENTS 4400-4414›CHAPTER 2. Relief from Duty to Support Parent Who Abandoned Child 4410-4414

§ 4412

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

On the filing of a petition under this chapter, the clerk shall set the matter for hearing by the court and shall issue a citation, stating the time and place of the hearing, directed to the parent and to the parent’s conservator, if any, or, if the parent is deceased, the personal representative of the parent’s estate. At least five days before the date of the hearing, the citation and a copy of the petition shall be personally served on each person to whom it is directed, in the same manner as provided by law for the service of summons.

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

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