The judgment or order of the court determining the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child relationship is determinative for all purposes except for actions brought pursuant to Section 270 of the Penal Code.
Cal. Fam. Code § 7636
Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
Known as the Uniform Parentage Act
The act spans §§ 7600 to 7730 (64 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 24 Cal. App. 4th 1724 - City and County of San Francisco v. Stanley (1994)
Most recently applied in Cnty. of Riverside v. Estabrook (January 2019)
Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.