§ 3000 Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions …
§ 3002 “Joint custody” means joint physical custody and joint legal custody.
§ 3003 “Joint legal custody” means that both parents shall share the right …
§ 3004 “Joint physical custody” means that each of the parents shall have …
§ 3006 “Sole legal custody” means that one parent shall have the right and …
§ 3007 “Sole physical custody” means that a child shall reside with and be …

Terms Used In California Codes > Family Code > Division 8 > Part 1 > Chapter 1 - Definitions

  • County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
  • County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
  • Customer: means a person or entity that purchases water from a retail water supplier. See California Water Code 13575
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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.
  • order: include a decree, as appropriate under the circumstances. See California Family Code 100
  • Person: includes any city, county, district, the state, and the United States, to the extent authorized by federal law. See California Water Code 13050
  • Recycled water: means water which, as a result of treatment of waste, is suitable for a direct beneficial use or a controlled use that would not otherwise occur and is therefor considered a valuable resource. See California Water Code 13050
  • Retail water supplier: means any local entity, including a public agency, city, county, or private water company, that provides retail water service. See California Water Code 13575
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
  • State board: means the State Water Resources Control Board. See California Water Code 13050
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Water Code 10
  • Waste: includes sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation, including waste placed within containers of whatever nature prior to, and for purposes of, disposal. See California Water Code 13050