California Family Code

§ 2320

FAM § 2320 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 6 · Part 3 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), a judgment of dissolution of marriage may not be entered unless one of the parties to the marriage has been a resident of this state for six months and of the county in which the proceeding is filed for three months next preceding the filing of the petition.

(b)(1) A judgment for dissolution, nullity, or legal separation of a marriage between persons of the same sex may be entered, even if neither spouse is a resident of, or maintains a domicile in, this state at the time the proceedings are filed, if the following apply:

(A)The marriage was entered in California.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 721, Sec. 4. (SB 651) Effective January 1, 2012.