California Family Code
E371968
The California Family Code is a comprehensive body of state law that governs family-related legal matters such as marriage, divorce, child custody, and support within California.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Family Code canonical | 4 |
| Fam. Code | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3593126 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Family Code Context triple: [Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, governingLaw, California Family Code]
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A.
California Financial Code
The California Financial Code is a body of state statutory law that regulates financial institutions and financial services activities within California.
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B.
California state law
California state law is the body of statutes, regulations, and legal principles enacted and applied within the state of California that governs public and private conduct, institutions, and governmental agencies.
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C.
California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
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D.
California Codes
California Codes are the comprehensive collection of codified laws that govern the state of California across various legal domains, including government, civil, penal, and other statutory areas.
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E.
California Evidence Code
The California Evidence Code is a comprehensive statutory framework that governs the admissibility and use of evidence in California courts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Family Code Target entity description: The California Family Code is a comprehensive body of state law that governs family-related legal matters such as marriage, divorce, child custody, and support within California.
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A.
California Financial Code
The California Financial Code is a body of state statutory law that regulates financial institutions and financial services activities within California.
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B.
California state law
California state law is the body of statutes, regulations, and legal principles enacted and applied within the state of California that governs public and private conduct, institutions, and governmental agencies.
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C.
California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
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D.
California Codes
California Codes are the comprehensive collection of codified laws that govern the state of California across various legal domains, including government, civil, penal, and other statutory areas.
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E.
California Evidence Code
The California Evidence Code is a comprehensive statutory framework that governs the admissibility and use of evidence in California courts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
California state law
ⓘ
codified statute ⓘ family law code ⓘ |
| appliesTo | family law matters in California ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Constitution of California
ⓘ
surface form:
California Constitution
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| bindingOn |
parties to family law proceedings in California
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Judicial Branch of California ⓘ
surface form:
state courts of California
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| citationStyle |
California Family Code
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Fam. Code
|
| codifiedIn | California Codes ⓘ |
| contains |
definitions related to family law terms
ⓘ
procedural provisions for family law cases ⓘ substantive provisions for family rights and obligations ⓘ |
| enactedBy | California State Legislature ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
California Department of Child Support Services
ⓘ
California Superior Courts ⓘ
surface form:
California superior courts
|
| governs |
adoption in California
ⓘ
annulment in California ⓘ child abduction prevention measures in California ⓘ child custody in California ⓘ child support in California ⓘ child visitation in California ⓘ community property aspects of marriage in California ⓘ dissolution of domestic partnerships in California ⓘ divorce in California ⓘ domestic partnerships in California ⓘ domestic violence restraining orders in California ⓘ guardianship of minors in California ⓘ legal separation in California ⓘ marital property rights in California ⓘ marriage in California ⓘ parentage determinations in California ⓘ premarital agreements in California ⓘ spousal support in California ⓘ support enforcement procedures in California ⓘ uniform interstate family support procedures in California ⓘ |
| hasPart |
provisions on child and spousal support
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provisions on child custody and visitation ⓘ provisions on dissolution of marriage ⓘ provisions on domestic violence prevention ⓘ provisions on marriage licenses ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to protect the welfare of children and spouses in California
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to regulate family relationships and obligations in California ⓘ |
| interpretedBy | California courts ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
State of California
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| partOf | statutory law of California ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
domestic relations
ⓘ
family law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: California Family Code Description of subject: The California Family Code is a comprehensive body of state law that governs family-related legal matters such as marriage, divorce, child custody, and support within California.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fam. Code