A declaration of freedom from parental custody and control pursuant to this part terminates all parental rights and responsibilities with regard to the child.
Cal. Fam. Code § 7803
General Provisions
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 12 Cal. 4th 226 - Vernon S. v. Jerome C. (1995)
Most recently applied in 39 So. 3d 1117 - Ex Parte Mdc (September 2009)
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.