Opinion ID: 2602482
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Enactment Of The Family Code

Text: In 1992, the Legislature enacted the Family Code, with an effective date of January 1, 1994. (Stats.1992, ch. 162, p. 463 et seq.) In the process, the Legislature repealed the sections of the Civil Code governing actions to free a child from parental custody and control (Stats. 1992, ch. 162, § 2, p. 464) and reenacted these provisions without substantive change as Family Code section 7800 and following (Stats.1992, ch. 162, § 10, pp. 662-673). With one minor, nonsubstantive change, the Legislature reenacted the text of former section 237.7 of the Civil Code, concerning appointment of appellate counsel for an indigent parent in such proceedings, as Family Code section 7895. The Legislature amended this section in 2000 (Stats.2000, ch. 447, § 4) and 2001 (Stats. 2001, ch. 754, § 3), but the amendments are not relevant to the issue we consider here.