Terms Used In California Codes > Family Code > Division 12 > Part 3 > Chapter 4 > Article 2 - Determination of Mother and Child Relationship

• Commission: means the California Gambling Control Commission. See California Business and Professions Code 19805
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Gambling: means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain, or expose for play a controlled game. See California Business and Professions Code 19805
• 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 any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
• Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Family Code 105
• Probate: Proving a will
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21