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Cal. Civil Code § 43.1 (2026)
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A child conceived, but not yet born, is deemed an existing person, so far as necessary for the child’s interests in the event of the child’s subsequent birth.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1997–2013 · leading case: Snyder v. Michael's Stores, Inc., 945 P.2d 781 (Cal. 1997).
Snyder v. Michael's Stores, Inc., 945 P.2d 781 (Cal. 1997). “Under California law, “[a] child conceived, but not yet bom, is deemed an existing person, so far as necessary for the child’s interests in the event of the child’s subsequent birth.”
Ankrom v. State, 152 So. 3d 397 (Ala. 2013). “2d 735, 739 (1990) (dictum in wrongful-life action); Cal. Civ.Code § 43.1 (2007) ("A child conceived, .”
Cheyanna M. v. A.C. Nielsen Co., 78 Cal. Rptr. 2d 335 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). “) 15 Former Civil Code section 29 and its replacement, Civil Code section 43.1 (section 43.1), are almost identical in wording and are substantively indistinguishable.”
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