No-Fault Divorce in California: Statutory Foundations and Practical Consequences
Quick Answer California became the first American jurisdiction to abolish fault-based divorce when the Family Law Act of 1969 took effect on 1 January 1970. Family Code section 2310 permits dissolution on irreconcilable differences alone, and section 2335 makes evidence of marital misconduct inadmissible. Fault survives only in three narrow areas: domestic violence, certain criminal […]
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