Family Code - FAM
DIVISION 12. PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP [7500 - 7962]
( Division 12 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. ) PART 1. RIGHTS OF PARENTS [7500 - 7507]
( Heading of Part 1 amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 160. ) 7507.
The abuse of parental authority is the subject of judicial cognizance in a civil action brought by the child, or by the child’s relative within the third degree, or by the supervisors of the county where the child resides; and when the abuse is established, the child may be freed from the dominion of the parent, and the duty of support and education enforced.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 170. Effective January 1, 1994.)