Select Family Law Statutes

Family Code section 70 – Date of Separation

Family Code section 92 – Family Support

Family Code section 125 – Quasi-Community Property

Family Code section 308 – California Recognizes All Valid Marriages

Family Code section 309 – Spouse Denies Validity of Marriage

Family Code section 721 – Fiduciary Duty Between Spouses

Family Code section 752 – Management and Control of Separate Property

Family Code section 754 – Freeze on Separate Property Transfers

Family Code section 760 – Community Property

Family Code section 761 – Property Held in Trust

Family Code section 770 – Separate Property

Family Code section 771 – Earnings After Separation

Family Code section 780 – Personal Injury Damages

Family Code section 781 – Personal Injury Awards as Separate Property

Family Code section 782 – Community Property in Interspousal Tort Cases

Family Code section 850 – Transmutation of Property

Family Code section 851 – Transmutations Cannot Defraud Creditors

Family Code section 852 – Transmutation of Property Between Spouses

Family Code section 910 – Community Property Liability for Debts of Either Spouse

Family Code section 911 – Pre-Marriage Debt Protection

Family Code section 913 – Liability of Separate Property for Debts

Family Code section 914 – Spousal Liability for Necessaries of Life Debts

Family Code section 915 – Support From Prior Relationships

Family Code section 916 – Liability of Spouses for Debts After Property Division

Family Code section 920 – Right of Reimbursement

Family Code section 1000 – Liability of Married Persons for Spouse’s Actions

Family Code section 1100 – Management and Control of Community Personal Property

Family Code section 1101 – Breach of Fiduciary Duty Between Spouses

Family Code section 1500 – Alteration of Spouses’ Property Rights by Agreement

Family Code section 1610 – Definition of Premarital Agreement

Family Code section 1612 – Matters that Can be Addressed in a Premarital Agreement

Family Code section 1615 – Premarital Agreement Enforcability

Family Code section 2200 – Void Marriages

Family Code section 2201 – bigamy

Family Code section 2210 – Voidable Marriage

Family Code section 2211 – Voidable Marriage

Family Code section 2212 – Annulment

Family Code section 2024 – Automatic Injunction

Family Code section 2300 – Effect of Final Divorce

Family Code section 2310 – Grounds for Dissolution

Family Code section 2311 – Irreconcilable Differences

Family Code section 2320 – Residency Requirement

Family Code section 2321 – Convert Legal Separation into Divorce

Family Code section 2335 – No Fault Evidence Rule

Family Code section 2336 – Evidence Required for Default Divorce Judgments

Family Code section 2337 – Bifurcation

Family Code section 2338.5 – Default Judgements

Family Code section 2339 – Mandatory Six-Month Cooling-Off Period

Family Code section 2343 – Court May Delay the Final Termination of a Marriage

Family Code section 2601 – Division of Community Property and Debt

Family Code section 2602 – Deliberate Misappropriation of Community Property

Family Code section 2603 – Personal Injury Payments

Family Code section 2603.5 – Injury from Domestic Violence

Family Code section 2604 – Assignment of Small Community Estates

Family Code section 2626 – Reimbursement for Debts Paid After Separation

Family Code section 3003 – Joint Legal Custody Meaning

Family Code section 3011 – Best Interests of the Child Factors

Family Code section 3020 – Children are Top Priority

Family Code section 3040 – Order of Preference in Child Custody

Family Code section 3044 – Violence Custody Presumption

Family Code section 3585 – Child Support is Severable

Family Code section 3586 – Combined Support

Family Code section 3587 – Support for Adult Children

Family Code section 3600 – Support While a Case is Pending

Family Code section 3651 – Change of Circumstances for Change in Support

Family Code section 3900 – Equal Responsibility for Support

Family Code section 3901 – Support for Students

Family Code section 3910 – Adult Children With Disabilities

Family Code section 4053 – Principles of Support Guidelines

Family Code section 4055 – Calculation of Support

Family Code section 4057 – Guideline Support Calculations are Presumed Correct

Family Code section 4320 – Spousal Support Factors

Family Code section 6218 – Definition of Protective Order