California Codes > Family Code > Division 2 > Part 5 – ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS
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- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Bureau: means the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
- Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
- Director: means the Director of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
- Licensee: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- order: include a decree, as appropriate under the circumstances. See California Family Code 100
- person: includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association. See California Government Code 7920.520
- Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See California Food and Agricultural Code 38
- Proceeding: includes an action. See California Family Code 110
- Property: includes real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Family Code 113
- public records: includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. See California Government Code 7920.530
- Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by Section 297. See California Family Code 143
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Support: refers to a support obligation owing on behalf of a child, spouse, or family, or an amount owing pursuant to Section 17402. See California Family Code 150