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+{{< note >}}
+Cross-namespace owner references is disallowed by design. This means: 
+1) Namespace-scoped dependents can only specify owners in the same namespace,
+and owners that are cluster-scoped.
+2) Cluster-scoped dependents can only specify cluster-scoped owners, but not
+namespace-scoped owners.
+{{< /note >}}
+
 ## Controlling how the garbage collector deletes dependents
 
 When you delete an object, you can specify whether the object's dependents are