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DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION

PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Application of Part

Section 2000. - 2000. This part applies to a proceeding for dissolution of...

CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction

Section 2010. - 2010. In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, for nullity...

Section 2011. - 2011. When service of summons on a spouse is made...

Section 2012. - 2012. (a) During the time a motion pursuant to Section...

Section 2013. - 2013. (a) If a written agreement is entered into by...

CHAPTER 3 - Procedural Provisions

Section 2020. - 2020. A responsive pleading, if any, shall be filed and...

Section 2021. - 2021. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the court may order...

Section 2022. - 2022. (a) Evidence collected by eavesdropping in violation of Chapter...

Section 2023. - 2023. (a) On a determination that payment of an obligation...

Section 2024. - 2024. (a) A petition for dissolution of marriage, nullity of...

Section 2024.5. - 2024.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the petitioner...

Section 2024.6. - 2024.6. (a) Upon request by a party to a petition...

Section 2024.7. - 2024.7. On and after January 1, 2014, upon the filing...

Section 2025. - 2025. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the court...

Section 2026. - 2026. The reconciliation of the parties, whether conditional or unconditional,...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Attorney s Fees and Costs

Section 2030. - 2030. (a) (1) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage,...

Section 2031. - 2031. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), during...

Section 2032. - 2032. (a) The court may make an award of attorney’s...

Section 2033. - 2033. (a) Either party may encumber the party’s interest in...

Section 2034. - 2034. (a) On application of either party, the court may...

CHAPTER 4 - Protective and Restraining Orders

ARTICLE 1 - Orders in Summons

Section 2040. - 2040. (a) In addition to the contents required by Section...

Section 2041. - 2041. Nothing in Section 2040 adversely affects the rights, title,...

ARTICLE 2 - Ex Parte Orders

Section 2045. - 2045. During the pendency of the proceeding, on application of...

ARTICLE 3 - Orders After Notice and Hearing

Section 2047. - 2047. (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may...

ARTICLE 4 - Orders Included in Judgment

Section 2049. - 2049. A judgment may include a protective order, as defined...

CHAPTER 5 - Notice to Insurance Carriers

Section 2050. - 2050. Upon filing of the petition, or at any time...

Section 2051. - 2051. Upon the entry of an order or judgment in...

Section 2052. - 2052. Notice pursuant to this chapter may be sent by...

Section 2053. - 2053. The insured or policyholder who is a party to...

CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party

ARTICLE 1 - Joinder of Plan

Section 2060. - 2060. (a) Upon written application by a party, the clerk...

Section 2061. - 2061. Upon entry of the order under Section 2060, the...

Section 2062. - 2062. (a) The party requesting joinder shall serve all of...

Section 2063. - 2063. (a) The employee benefit plan shall file and serve...

Section 2064. - 2064. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the employee benefit...

Section 2065. - 2065. If the employee benefit plan has been served and...

ARTICLE 2 - Proceedings After Joinder

Section 2070. - 2070. (a) This article governs a proceeding in which an...

Section 2071. - 2071. Either party or their representatives may notify the employee...

Section 2072. - 2072. The employee benefit plan is not required to, but...

Section 2073. - 2073. (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the provisions...

Section 2074. - 2074. (a) At any hearing on a motion to set...

CHAPTER 7 - Restoration of Wife s Former Name

Section 2080. - 2080. In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for...

Section 2081. - 2081. The restoration of a former name or birth name...

Section 2082. - 2082. Nothing in this code shall be construed to abrogate...

CHAPTER 8 - Uniform Divorce Recognition Act

Section 2090. - 2090. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Divorce...

Section 2091. - 2091. A divorce obtained in another jurisdiction shall be of...

Section 2092. - 2092. Proof that a person hereafter obtaining a divorce from...

Section 2093. - 2093. The application of this chapter is limited by the...

CHAPTER 9 - Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities

Section 2100. - 2100. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) It...

Section 2101. - 2101. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the following...

Section 2102. - 2102. (a) From the date of separation to the date...

Section 2103. - 2103. In order to provide full and accurate disclosure of...

Section 2104. - 2104. (a) Except by court order for good cause, as...

Section 2105. - 2105. (a) Except by court order for good cause, before...

Section 2106. - 2106. Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2105,...

Section 2107. - 2107. (a) If one party fails to serve on the...

Section 2108. - 2108. At any time during the proceeding, the court has...

Section 2109. - 2109. The provisions of this chapter requiring a final declaration...

Section 2110. - 2110. In the case of a default judgment, the petitioner...

Section 2111. - 2111. A disclosure required by this chapter does not abrogate...

Section 2112. - 2112. The Judicial Council shall adopt appropriate forms and modify...

Section 2113. - 2113. This chapter applies to any proceeding commenced on or...

CHAPTER 10 - Relief From Judgment

Section 2120. - 2120. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The...

Section 2121. - 2121. (a) In proceedings for dissolution of marriage, for nullity...

Section 2122. - 2122. The grounds and time limits for a motion to...

Section 2123. - 2123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or any...

Section 2124. - 2124. The negligence of an attorney shall not be imputed...

Section 2125. - 2125. When ruling on an action or motion to set...

Section 2126. - 2126. As to assets or liabilities for which a judgment...

Section 2127. - 2127. As to actions or motions filed under this chapter,...

Section 2128. - 2128. (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a party from...

Section 2129. - 2129. This chapter applies to judgments entered on or after...

PART 2 - JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF VOID OR VOIDABLE MARRIAGE

CHAPTER 1 - Void Marriage

Section 2200. - 2200. Marriages between parents and children, ancestors and descendants of...

Section 2201. - 2201. (a) A subsequent marriage contracted by a person during...

CHAPTER 2 - Voidable Marriage

Section 2210. - 2210. A marriage is voidable and may be adjudged a...

Section 2211. - 2211. A proceeding to obtain a judgment of nullity of...

Section 2212. - 2212. (a) The effect of a judgment of nullity of...

CHAPTER 3 - Procedural Provisions

Section 2250. - 2250. (a) A proceeding based on void or voidable marriage...

Section 2251. - 2251. (a) If a determination is made that a marriage...

Section 2252. - 2252. The property divided pursuant to Section 2251 is liable...

Section 2253. - 2253. In a proceeding under this part, custody of the...

Section 2254. - 2254. The court may, during the pendency of a proceeding...

Section 2255. - 2255. The court may grant attorney’s fees and costs in...

PART 3 - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND LEGAL SEPARATION

CHAPTER 1 - Effect of Dissolution

Section 2300. - 2300. The effect of a judgment of dissolution of marriage...

CHAPTER 2 - Grounds for Dissolution or Legal Separation

Section 2310. - 2310. Dissolution of the marriage or legal separation of the...

Section 2311. - 2311. Irreconcilable differences are those grounds which are determined by...

Section 2312. - 2312. A marriage may be dissolved on the grounds of...

Section 2313. - 2313. No dissolution of marriage granted on the ground of...

CHAPTER 3 - Residence Requirements

Section 2320. - 2320. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a judgment...

Section 2321. - 2321. (a) In a proceeding for legal separation of the...

Section 2322. - 2322. For the purpose of a proceeding for dissolution of...

CHAPTER 4 - General Procedural Provisions

Section 2330. - 2330. (a) A proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for...

Section 2330.1. - 2330.1. In any proceeding for dissolution of marriage, for legal...

Section 2330.3. - 2330.3. (a) All dissolution actions, to the greatest extent possible,...

Section 2330.5. - 2330.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if no demand...

Section 2331. - 2331. A copy of the petition, together with a copy...

Section 2332. - 2332. (a) If the petition for dissolution of the marriage...

Section 2333. - 2333. Subject to Section 2334, if from the evidence at...

Section 2334. - 2334. (a) If it appears that there is a reasonable...

Section 2335. - 2335. Except as otherwise provided by statute, in a pleading...

Section 2335.5. - 2335.5. In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal...

Section 2336. - 2336. (a) No judgment of dissolution or of legal separation...

Section 2337. - 2337. (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, the...

Section 2338. - 2338. (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of the marriage...

Section 2338.5. - 2338.5. Where a judgment of dissolution or nullity of marriage...

Section 2339. - 2339. (a) Subject to subdivision (b) and to Sections 2340...

Section 2340. - 2340. A judgment of dissolution of marriage shall specify the...

Section 2341. - 2341. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2340, if an appeal is taken...

Section 2342. - 2342. Where a joint petition under Chapter 5 (commencing with...

Section 2343. - 2343. The court may, upon notice and for good cause...

Section 2344. - 2344. (a) The death of either party after entry of...

Section 2345. - 2345. The court may not render a judgment of the...

Section 2346. - 2346. (a) If the court determines that a judgment of...

Section 2347. - 2347. A judgment of legal separation of the parties does...

Section 2348. - 2348. (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 103200...

CHAPTER 5 - Summary Dissolution

Section 2400. - 2400. (a) A marriage may be dissolved by the summary...

Section 2401. - 2401. (a) A proceeding for summary dissolution of the marriage...

Section 2402. - 2402. (a) At any time before the filing of application...

Section 2403. - 2403. When six months have expired from the date of...

Section 2404. - 2404. Entry of the judgment pursuant to Section 2403 constitutes:...

Section 2405. - 2405. (a) Entry of the judgment pursuant to Section 2403...

Section 2406. - 2406. (a) Each superior court shall make available a brochure,...

CHAPTER 6 - Case Management

Section 2450. - 2450. (a) The purpose of family centered case resolution is...

Section 2451. - 2451. (a) A court-ordered family centered case resolution plan must...

Section 2452. - 2452. The Judicial Council may, by rule, increase the procedures...