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2009 California Family Code - Section 7845 :: Article 2. Venue

FAMILY.CODE
SECTION 7845 

7845.  The petition shall be filed in any of the following:
   (a) The county in which a minor described in Chapter 2 (commencing
with Section 7820) resides or is found.
   (b) The county in which any of the acts which are set forth in
Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 7820) are alleged to have
occurred.
   (c) The county in which a petition for the adoption of the child
has been filed or the adoption agency to which the child has been
relinquished or proposed to be relinquished has an office.

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