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2012 California Codes
FAM - Family Code
DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION [2000 - 2452]
PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 7 - Restoration of Wife’s Former Name
Section 2082
CA Fam Code § 2082 (through 2013 Leg Sess) What's This?
Nothing in this code shall be construed to abrogate the common law right of any person to change one’s name.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
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