California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re Marriage of Dacumos, 76 Cal.App.4th 150, 90 Cal.Rptr.2d 159 (Cal. App. 1999):
system of which it forms a part so that harmony may be achieved among the various provisions. [Citation.] In determining intent, we first look to the words used. [Citations.]" (People v. Martinez (1987) 188 Cal.App.3d 1254,1258, 233 Cal.Rptr. 877.)
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