Uniform Parentage Act
California · FAM · §§ 7600 to 7730 · 64 sections
Overview
The act governs the legal relationship between parents and children, providing a framework for establishing maternity and paternity and defining the rights and obligations that follow from that relationship. It sets out court procedures for parentage actions — jurisdiction and venue, appointment of counsel and representation of minors, genetic testing and other evidence, and appeals — alongside presumptions of paternity and rules addressing artificial insemination and children born outside marriage. It also establishes a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity process, including hospital-based programs, standardized forms, and procedures for rescinding or later challenging an acknowledgment, and it provides for support orders and their enforcement, the issuance of new birth certificates, confidentiality of records, and recognition of parentage determinations made elsewhere.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 155 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 20 Cal. 4th 225 - People v. Martinez
Sections covered
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7600General Provisions38 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7601General Provisions3 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7602General Provisions2 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7603General Provisions
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7604General Provisions
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7604.5General Provisions
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7605General Provisions
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7606General Provisions
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7610Establishing Parent and Child Relationship3 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7611Establishing Parent and Child Relationship73 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7611.5Establishing Parent and Child Relationship1 cite
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7612Establishing Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7613Establishing Parent and Child Relationship14 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7613.5Establishing Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7614Establishing Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7620Jurisdiction and Venue
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7630Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7632Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7633Determination of Parent and Child Relationship1 cite
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7634Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7635Determination of Parent and Child Relationship1 cite
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7635.5Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7636Determination of Parent and Child Relationship5 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7637Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7638Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7639Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7640Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7641Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7642Determination of Parent and Child Relationship1 cite
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7643Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7643.5Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7644Determination of Parent and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7645Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7646Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage3 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7647Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7647.5Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7647.7Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7648Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage2 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7648.1Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7648.2Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7648.3Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7648.4Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7648.8Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7648.9Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7649Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7649.5Setting Aside or Vacating Judgment of Parentage
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7650Determination of Mother and Child Relationship
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7660Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7660.5Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7661Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7662Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings4 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7663Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7664Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings3 cites
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7665Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7666Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings1 cite
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7667Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7668Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7669Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7670Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7671Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7700Orders in Summons
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7710Ex Parte Orders
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7720Orders After Notice and Hearing
- Cal. Fam. Code § 7730Orders Included in Judgment
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