Section 1818.
1818. (a) All superior court hearings or conferences in proceedings under this part shall be held in private and the court shall exclude all persons except the officers of the court, the parties, their counsel, and witnesses. The court shall not allow ex parte communications, except as authorized by Section 216. All communications, verbal or written, […]
Section 1819.
1819. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), upon order of the judge of the family conciliation court, the supervising counselor of conciliation may destroy any record, paper, or document filed or kept in the office of the supervising counselor of conciliation which is more than two years old. (b) Records described in subdivision (a) of child […]
Section 1800.
1800. This part may be cited as the Family Conciliation Court Law. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
Section 1801.
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. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, […]
Section 1802.
1802. (a) This part applies only in counties in which the superior court determines that the social conditions in the county and the number of domestic relations cases in the courts render the procedures provided in this part necessary to the full and proper consideration of those cases and the effectuation of the purposes of this […]
Section 1810.
1810. Each superior court shall exercise the jurisdiction conferred by this part. While sitting in the exercise of this jurisdiction, the court shall be known and referred to as the “family conciliation court.” (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
Section 1811.
1811. The presiding judge of the superior court shall annually, in the month of January, designate at least one judge to hear all cases under this part. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2004.)