Section 1820 Of Chapter 2. Family Conciliation Courts From California Family Law Code >> Division 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) A court may contract with any other court or courts to
provide joint family conciliation court services.
(b) An agreement between two or more courts for the operation of a
joint family conciliation court service may provide that one
participating court shall be the custodian of moneys made available
for the purposes of the joint services, and that the custodian court
may make payments from the moneys upon audit of the appropriate
auditing officer or body of the court.
(c) An agreement between two or more courts for the operation of a
joint family conciliation court service may also provide:
(1) For the joint provision or operation of services and
facilities or for the provision or operation of services and
facilities by one participating court under contract for the other
participating courts.
(2) For appointments of members of the staff of the family
conciliation court including the supervising counselor.
(3) That, for specified purposes, the members of the staff of the
family conciliation court including the supervising counselor, but
excluding the judges of the family conciliation court, shall be
considered to be employees of one participating court.
(4) For other matters that are necessary or proper to effectuate
the purposes of the Family Conciliation Court Law.
(d) The provisions of this part relating to family conciliation
court services provided by a single court shall be equally applicable
to courts which contract, pursuant to this section, to provide joint
family conciliation court services.