California Family Code 1834 – (a) The clerk of the court shall provide, at the expense of the …
(a) The clerk of the court shall provide, at the expense of the court, blank forms for petitions for filing pursuant to this part.
(b) The probation officers of the county and the attachés and employees of the family conciliation court shall assist a person in the preparation and presentation of a petition under this part if the person requests assistance.
Terms Used In California Family Code 1834
- County: includes city and county. See California Family Code 67
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Family Code 105
- Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
(c) All public officers in each county shall refer to the family conciliation court all petitions and complaints made to them in respect to controversies within the jurisdiction of the family conciliation court.
(d) The jurisdiction of the family conciliation court in respect to controversies arising out of an instance of domestic violence is not exclusive but is coextensive with any other remedies either civil or criminal in nature that may be available.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 470, Sec. 14. (AB 1529) Effective January 1, 2013.)