Family Code section 1801

The purposes of this part are to protect the rights of children and to promote the public welfare by preserving, promoting, and protecting family life and the institution of matrimony, and to provide means for the reconciliation of spouses and the amicable settlement of domestic and family controversies.

Source: Section 1801, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=1801. (updated Jan. 1, 1994; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/family_code_section_1801

Original Source: Section 1801, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=1801. (last accessed May 12, 2025).