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DIVISION 4. GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS 1400-3925›PART 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 1400-1490›CHAPTER 1. Short Title and Definitions 1400-1449

§ 1419.5

California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

“Custodial parent” means the parent who either (a) has been awarded sole legal and physical custody of the child in another proceeding, or (b) with whom the child resides if there is currently no operative custody order. If the child resides with both parents, then they are jointly the custodial parent.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 978, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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