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Over my vast 27 years of San Diego Divorce and working with the California Family Code, I have developed my "100 Most Popular Sections" This listing acts as a guide to common family law sections, a brief reference and description, and is listed in numerical order of the appropriate family law code section.
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Below is a very small example of what my Most Popular California Code Sections looks like.
| Family Code | Topic | Related Cases |
| 233 | Automatic Temporary Restraining Orders included on the back of the Summons are effective until Judgment or further order | |
| 271 | Attorney fees as sanctions based on conduct. “271 Notice” mandatory. Does the conduct frustrate the policy of the law to promote settlement of litigation? Reduce cost? Encourage cooperation? | Schnabel : sanctions for frivolous appeal Nicholson v. Fazeli (2003) Malicious prosecution for X complaint Christi: CCP 907 Sanctions |
| 760 | CP is all property acquired during marriage while domiciled in California | Lusk: presumption it is CP, once proof of acquisition is shown |
| 761 | SP is property owned before marriage, acquired
during marriage by gift, bequest, devise, or descent,
rents, issues, and profits of SP No consent of spouse is required to convey. |
Mix: If commingled CP and SP funds, use direct tracing |
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