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2011 California Code
Family Code
DIVISION 10. PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [6200 - 6409]
PART 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 6220
CA Fam Code § 6220 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?
The purposes of this division are to prevent the recurrence of acts of violence and sexual abuse and to provide for a separation of the persons involved in the domestic violence for a period sufficient to enable these persons to seek a resolution of the causes of the violence.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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