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2011 California Code
Family Code
DIVISION 8. CUSTODY OF CHILDREN [3000 - 3465]
CHAPTER 4. Joint Custody
Section 3080


CA Fam Code § 3080 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?

There is a presumption, affecting the burden of proof, that joint custody is in the best interest of a minor child, subject to Section 3011, where the parents have agreed to joint custody or so agree in open court at a hearing for the purpose of determining the custody of the minor child.

(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 116.70. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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