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2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Procedural Provisions › Section 2021.

2021. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the court may order that a person who claims an interest in the proceeding be joined as a party to the proceeding in accordance with rules adopted by the Judicial Council pursuant to Section 211.
(b) An employee benefit plan may be joined as a party only in accordance with Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2060).
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1061, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Procedural Provisions › Section 2022.

2022. (a) Evidence collected by eavesdropping in violation of Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 630) of Title 15 of Part 1 of the Penal Code is inadmissible.
(b) If it appears that a violation described in subdivision (a) exists, the court may refer the matter to the proper authority for investigation and prosecution.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Procedural Provisions › Section 2023.

2023. (a) On a determination that payment of an obligation of a party would benefit either party or a child for whom support may be ordered, the court may order one of the parties to pay the obligation, or a portion thereof, directly to the creditor.
(b) The creditor has no right to enforce the order made under this section, nor are the creditor’s rights affected by the determination made under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 104. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Procedural Provisions › Section 2024.5.

2024.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the petitioner or respondent may redact any social security number from any pleading, attachment, document, or other written material filed with the court pursuant to a petition for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, or legal separation. The Judicial Council form used to file such a petition, or a response to such a petition, shall contain a notice that the parties may redact any social security numbers from those pleadings, attachments, documents, or other material filed with the court.
(b) An abstract of support judgment, the form required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 4014, or any similar form created for the purpose of collecting child or spousal support payments may not be redacted pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 45, Sec. 2. Effective June 7, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Procedural Provisions › Section 2024.6.

2024.6. (a) Upon request by a party to a petition for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, or legal separation, the court shall order a pleading that lists the parties’ financial assets and liabilities and provides the location or identifying information about those assets and liabilities sealed. The request may be made by ex parte application. Nothing sealed pursuant to this section may be unsealed except upon petition to the court and good cause shown.
(b) Commencing not later than July 1, 2005, the Judicial Council form used to declare assets and liabilities of the parties in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, or legal separation of the parties shall require the party filing the form to state whether the declaration contains identifying information on the assets and liabilities listed therein. If the party making the request uses a pleading other than the Judicial Council form, the pleading shall exhibit a notice on the front page, in bold capital letters, that the pleading lists and identifies financial information and is therefore subject to this section.
(c) For purposes of this section, “pleading” means a document that sets forth or declares the parties’ assets and liabilities, income and expenses, a marital settlement agreement that lists and identifies the parties’ assets and liabilities, or any document filed with the court incidental to the declaration or agreement that lists and identifies financial information.
(d) The party making the request to seal a pleading pursuant to subdivision (a) shall serve a copy of the pleading on the other party to the proceeding and file a proof of service with the request to seal the pleading.
(e) Nothing in this section precludes a party to a proceeding described in this section from using any document or information contained in a sealed pleading in any manner that is not otherwise prohibited by law.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 61. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Procedural Provisions › Section 2024.7.

2024.7. On and after January 1, 2014, upon the filing of a petition for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, or legal separation, the court shall provide to the petitioner and the respondent a notice informing them that they may be eligible for reduced-cost coverage through the California Health Benefit Exchange established under Title 22 (commencing with Section 100500) of the Government Code or no-cost coverage through Medi-Cal. The notice shall include information on obtaining coverage pursuant to those programs, and shall be developed by the California Health Benefit Exchange.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 14. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Procedural Provisions › Section 2025.

2025. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the court has ordered an issue or issues bifurcated for separate trial or hearing in advance of the disposition of the entire case, a court of appeal may order an issue or issues transferred to it for hearing and decision when the court that heard the issue or issues certifies that the appeal is appropriate. Certification by the court shall be in accordance with rules promulgated by the Judicial Council.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Procedural Provisions › Section 2026.

2026. The reconciliation of the parties, whether conditional or unconditional, is an ameliorating factor to be considered by the court in considering a contempt of an existing court order.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3.5 - Attorney s Fees and Costs › Section 2030.

2030. (a) (1) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, or legal separation of the parties, and in any proceeding subsequent to entry of a related judgment, the court shall ensure that each party has access to legal representation, including access early in the proceedings, to preserve each party’s rights by ordering, if necessary based on the income and needs assessments, one party, except a governmental entity, to pay to the other party, or to the other party’s attorney, whatever amount is reasonably necessary for attorney’s fees and for the cost of maintaining or defending the proceeding during the pendency of the proceeding.
(2) When a request for attorney’s fees and costs is made, the court shall make findings on whether an award of attorney’s fees and costs under this section is appropriate, whether there is a disparity in access to funds to retain counsel, and whether one party is able to pay for legal representation of both parties. If the findings demonstrate disparity in access and ability to pay, the court shall make an order awarding attorney’s fees and costs. A party who lacks the financial ability to hire an attorney may request, as an in pro per litigant, that the court order the other party, if that other party has the financial ability, to pay a reasonable amount to allow the unrepresented party to retain an attorney in a timely manner before proceedings in the matter go forward.
(b) Attorney’s fees and costs within this section may be awarded for legal services rendered or costs incurred before or after the commencement of the proceeding.
(c) The court shall augment or modify the original award for attorney’s fees and costs as may be reasonably necessary for the prosecution or defense of the proceeding, or any proceeding related thereto, including after any appeal has been concluded.
(d) Any order requiring a party who is not the spouse of another party to the proceeding to pay attorney’s fees or costs shall be limited to an amount reasonably necessary to maintain or defend the action on the issues relating to that party.
(e) The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2012, adopt a statewide rule of court to implement this section and develop a form for the information that shall be submitted to the court to obtain an award of attorney’s fees under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 352, Sec. 4. (AB 939) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3.5 - Attorney s Fees and Costs › Section 2031.

2031. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), during the pendency of a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, for nullity of marriage, for legal separation of the parties, or any proceeding subsequent to entry of a related judgment, an application for a temporary order making, augmenting, or modifying an award of attorney’s fees, including a reasonable retainer to hire an attorney, or costs or both shall be made by motion on notice or by an order to show cause.
(2) The court shall rule on an application within 15 days of the hearing on the motion or order to show cause.
(b) An order described in subdivision (a) may be made without notice by an oral motion in open court at either of the following times:
(1) At the time of the hearing of the cause on the merits.
(2) At any time before entry of judgment against a party whose default has been entered pursuant to Section 585 or 586 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The court shall rule on any motion made pursuant to this subdivision within 15 days and prior to the entry of any judgment.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 472, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3.5 - Attorney s Fees and Costs › Section 2032.

2032. (a) The court may make an award of attorney’s fees and costs under Section 2030 or 2031 where the making of the award, and the amount of the award, are just and reasonable under the relative circumstances of the respective parties.
(b) In determining what is just and reasonable under the relative circumstances, the court shall take into consideration the need for the award to enable each party, to the extent practical, to have sufficient financial resources to present the party’s case adequately, taking into consideration, to the extent relevant, the circumstances of the respective parties described in Section 4320. The fact that the party requesting an award of attorney’s fees and costs has resources from which the party could pay the party’s own attorney’s fees and costs is not itself a bar to an order that the other party pay part or all of the fees and costs requested. Financial resources are only one factor for the court to consider in determining how to apportion the overall cost of the litigation equitably between the parties under their relative circumstances.
(c) The court may order payment of an award of attorney’s fees and costs from any type of property, whether community or separate, principal or income.
(d) Either party may, at any time before the hearing of the cause on the merits, on noticed motion, request the court to make a finding that the case involves complex or substantial issues of fact or law related to property rights, visitation, custody, or support. Upon that finding, the court may in its discretion determine the appropriate, equitable allocation of attorney’s fees, court costs, expert fees, and consultant fees between the parties. The court order may provide for the allocation of separate or community assets, security against these assets, and for payments from income or anticipated income of either party for the purpose described in this subdivision and for the benefit of one or both parties. Payments shall be authorized only on agreement of the parties or, in the absence thereof, by court order. The court may order that a referee be appointed pursuant to Section 639 of the Code of Civil Procedure to oversee the allocation of fees and costs.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 352, Sec. 5. (AB 939) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3.5 - Attorney s Fees and Costs › Section 2033.

2033. (a) Either party may encumber the party’s interest in community real property to pay reasonable attorney’s fees in order to retain or maintain legal counsel in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, for nullity of marriage, or for legal separation of the parties. This encumbrance shall be known as a “family law attorney’s real property lien” and attaches only to the encumbering party’s interest in the community real property.
(b) Notice of a family law attorney’s real property lien shall be served either personally or on the other party’s attorney of record at least 15 days before the encumbrance is recorded. This notice shall contain a declaration signed under penalty of perjury containing all of the following:
(1) A full description of the real property.
(2) The party’s belief as to the fair market value of the property and documentation supporting that belief.
(3) Encumbrances on the property as of the date of the declaration.
(4) A list of community assets and liabilities and their estimated values as of the date of the declaration.
(5) The amount of the family law attorney’s real property lien.
(c) The nonencumbering party may file an ex parte objection to the family law attorney’s real property lien. The objection shall include a request to stay the recordation until further notice of the court and shall contain a copy of the notice received. The objection shall also include a declaration signed under penalty of perjury as to all of the following:
(1) Specific objections to the family law attorney’s real property lien and to the specific items in the notice.
(2) The objector’s belief as to the appropriate items or value and documentation supporting that belief.
(3) A declaration specifically stating why recordation of the encumbrance at this time would likely result in an unequal division of property or would otherwise be unjust under the circumstances of the case.
(d) Except as otherwise provided by this section, general procedural rules regarding ex parte motions apply.
(e) An attorney for whom a family law attorney’s real property lien is obtained shall comply with Rule 3-300 of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of California.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 15. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3.5 - Attorney s Fees and Costs › Section 2034.

2034. (a) On application of either party, the court may deny the family law attorney’s real property lien described in Section 2033 based on a finding that the encumbrance would likely result in an unequal division of property because it would impair the encumbering party’s ability to meet the party’s fair share of the community obligations or would otherwise be unjust under the circumstances of the case. The court may also, for good cause, limit the amount of the family law attorney’s real property lien. A limitation by the court is not to be construed as a determination of reasonable attorney’s fees.
(b) On receiving an objection to the establishment of a family law attorney’s real property lien, the court may, on its own motion, determine whether the case involves complex or substantial issues of fact or law related to property rights, visitation, custody, or support. If the court finds that the case involves one or more of these complex or substantial issues, the court may determine the appropriate, equitable allocation of fees and costs as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2032.
(c) The court has jurisdiction to resolve any dispute arising from the existence of a family law attorney’s real property lien.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 16. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Protective and Restraining Orders › ARTICLE 1 - Orders in Summons › Section 2041.

2041. Nothing in Section 2040 adversely affects the rights, title, and interest of a purchaser for value, encumbrancer for value, or lessee for value who is without actual knowledge of the restraining order.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 106.7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Protective and Restraining Orders › ARTICLE 2 - Ex Parte Orders › Section 2045.

2045. During the pendency of the proceeding, on application of a party in the manner provided by Part 4 (commencing with Section 240) of Division 2, the court may issue ex parte any of the following orders:
(a) An order restraining any person from transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life, and if the order is directed against a party, requiring that party to notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures and to account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures.
(b) A protective order, as defined in Section 6218, and any other order as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 6320) of Chapter 2 of Part 4 of Division 10.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 106.7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Protective and Restraining Orders › ARTICLE 3 - Orders After Notice and Hearing › Section 2047.

2047. (a) After notice and a hearing, the court may issue a protective order, as defined in Section 6218, and any other restraining order as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 6340) of Chapter 2 of Part 4 of Division 10.
(b) The court may not issue a mutual protective order pursuant to subdivision (a) unless it meets the requirements of Section 6305.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 246, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Protective and Restraining Orders › ARTICLE 4 - Orders Included in Judgment › Section 2049.

2049. A judgment may include a protective order, as defined in Section 6218, and any other restraining order as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 6360) of Chapter 2 of Part 4 of Division 10.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 106.7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Notice to Insurance Carriers › Section 2050.

2050. Upon filing of the petition, or at any time during the proceeding, a party may transmit to, or the court may order transmittal to, a health, life, or disability insurance carrier or plan the following notice in substantially the following form:
“YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, PURSUANT TO A PENDING PROCEEDING, IN RE MARRIAGE OF ____, CASE NUMBER ____, FILED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ____, THAT OWNERSHIP OF, OR BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER, A POLICY OF HEALTH, LIFE, OR DISABILITY INSURANCE WHICH YOU HAVE ISSUED TO ONE OF THE PARTIES TO THIS PROCEEDING, POLICY NO. ____, IS AT ISSUE OR MAY BE AT ISSUE IN THE PROCEEDING.
YOU ARE HEREBY INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN THE NAMED BENEFICIARIES OR COVERED DEPENDENTS UNDER THE POLICY, UNLESS THE TERMS OF THE POLICY OR OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW REQUIRE OTHERWISE, OR UNTIL RECEIPT OF A COURT ORDER, JUDGMENT, OR STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES PROVIDING OTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
YOU ARE FURTHER INSTRUCTED TO SEND NOTICE TO THE NAMED BENEFICIARIES, COVERED DEPENDENTS, OR OTHER SPECIFIED PERSONS UPON CANCELLATION, LAPSE, OR CHANGE OF THE COVERAGE, OR CHANGE OF DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE POLICY.”
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Notice to Insurance Carriers › Section 2051.

2051. Upon the entry of an order or judgment in the proceeding requiring a party to maintain existing health, life, or disability insurance coverage for a spouse or children or after an order or judgment in the proceeding requiring a party to purchase life or disability insurance and name the spouse or children as beneficiaries and upon receipt of the name, title, and address of the insurer, or the name of the plan’s trustee, administrator, or agent for service of process, a party may transmit to, or the court may order transmittal to, the insurer or plan a copy of the order or judgment endorsed by the court, together with the following notice in substantially the following form:
“PURSUANT TO A PROCEEDING, IN RE MARRIAGE OF ____, CASE NUMBER ____, IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ____, YOUR INSURED, ____, HAS BEEN ORDERED TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING (HEALTH) (LIFE) (DISABILITY) INSURANCE COVERAGE, POLICY NO. ____, IN FORCE FOR THE NAMED BENEFICIARIES OR COVERED DEPENDENTS AS SPECIFIED IN THE ATTACHED ORDER OR JUDGMENT.
THE ATTACHED ORDER OR JUDGMENT REQUIRES YOU TO MAINTAIN THE NAMED BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE POLICY AS IRREVOCABLE BENEFICIARIES OR COVERED DEPENDENTS OF THE POLICY AND YOU MUST ADMINISTER THE COVERAGE ACCORDINGLY, UNTIL THE DATE SPECIFIED, IF ANY, IN THE ORDER OR JUDGMENT, OR UNTIL THE RECEIPT OF A COURT ORDER, JUDGMENT, OR STIPULATION PROVIDING OTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
YOU ARE FURTHER INSTRUCTED TO SEND NOTICE TO THE NAMED BENEFICIARIES, COVERED DEPENDENTS, OR OTHER SPECIFIED PERSONS UPON ANY CANCELLATION, LAPSE, OR CHANGE OF COVERAGE, OR CHANGE OF DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES UNDER THIS POLICY.”
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Notice to Insurance Carriers › Section 2052.

2052. Notice pursuant to this chapter may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the last known address of the covered dependents, named beneficiaries, or other specified persons who have requested receipt of notification.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Notice to Insurance Carriers › Section 2053.

2053. The insured or policyholder who is a party to the proceeding shall furnish to the other party the name, title, and address of the insurer or the insurer’s agent for service of process.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › 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 shall enter an order joining as a party to the proceeding any employee benefit plan in which either party to the proceeding claims an interest that is or may be subject to disposition by the court.
(b) An order or judgment in the proceeding is not enforceable against an employee benefit plan unless the plan has been joined as a party to the proceeding.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1061, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party › ARTICLE 1 - Joinder of Plan › Section 2061.

2061. Upon entry of the order under Section 2060, the party requesting joinder shall file an appropriate pleading setting forth the party’s claim against the plan and the nature of the relief sought.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party › ARTICLE 1 - Joinder of Plan › Section 2062.

2062. (a) The party requesting joinder shall serve all of the following upon the employee benefit plan:
(1) A copy of the pleading on joinder.
(2) A copy of the request for joinder and order of joinder.
(3) A copy of the summons (joinder).
(4) A blank copy of a notice of appearance in form and content approved by the Judicial Council.
(b) Service shall be made in the same manner as service of papers generally. Service of the summons upon a trustee or administrator of the plan in its capacity as trustee or administrator, or upon an agent designated by the plan for service of process in its capacity as agent, constitutes service upon the plan.
(c) To facilitate identification and service, the employee spouse shall furnish to the nonemployee spouse within 30 days after written request, as to each employee benefit plan covering the employee, the name of the plan, the name, title, address, and telephone number of the plan’s trustee, administrator, or agent for service of process. If necessary, the employee shall obtain the information from the plan or plan sponsor.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party › ARTICLE 1 - Joinder of Plan › Section 2063.

2063. (a) The employee benefit plan shall file and serve a copy of a notice of appearance upon the party requesting joinder within 30 days of the date of the service upon the plan of a copy of the joinder request and summons.
(b) The employee benefit plan may, but need not, file an appropriate responsive pleading with its notice of appearance. If the plan does not file a responsive pleading, all statements of fact and requests for relief contained in any pleading served on the plan are deemed to be controverted by the plan’s notice of appearance.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party › ARTICLE 1 - Joinder of Plan › Section 2064.

2064. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the employee benefit plan is not required to pay any fee to the clerk of the court as a condition to filing the notice of appearance or any subsequent paper in the proceeding.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party › ARTICLE 1 - Joinder of Plan › Section 2065.

2065. If the employee benefit plan has been served and no notice of appearance, notice of motion to quash service of summons pursuant to Section 418.10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, or notice of the filing of a petition for writ of mandate as provided in that section, has been filed with the clerk of the court within the time specified in the summons or such further time as may be allowed, the clerk, upon written application of the party requesting joinder, shall enter the default of the employee benefit plan in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 585) of Title 8 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party › ARTICLE 2 - Proceedings After Joinder › Section 2070.

2070. (a) This article governs a proceeding in which an employee benefit plan has been joined as a party.
(b) To the extent not in conflict with this article and except as otherwise provided by rules adopted by the Judicial Council pursuant to Section 211, all provisions of law applicable to civil actions generally apply, regardless of nomenclature, to the portion of the proceeding as to which an employee benefit plan has been joined as a party if those provisions would otherwise apply to the proceeding without reference to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party › ARTICLE 2 - Proceedings After Joinder › Section 2071.

2071. Either party or their representatives may notify the employee benefit plan of any proposed property settlement as it concerns the plan before any hearing at which the proposed property settlement will be a matter before the court. If so notified, the plan may stipulate to the proposed settlement or advise the representative that it will contest the proposed settlement.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party › ARTICLE 2 - Proceedings After Joinder › Section 2072.

2072. The employee benefit plan is not required to, but may, appear at any hearing in the proceeding. For purposes of the Code of Civil Procedure, the plan shall be considered a party appearing at the trial with respect to any hearing at which the interest of the parties in the plan is an issue before the court.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party › ARTICLE 2 - Proceedings After Joinder › Section 2073.

2073. (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the provisions of an order entered by stipulation of the parties or entered at or as a result of a hearing not attended by the employee benefit plan (whether or not the plan received notice of the hearing) which affect the plan or which affect any interest either the petitioner or respondent may have or claim under the plan, shall be stayed until 30 days after the order has been served upon the plan.
(b) The plan may waive all or any portion of the 30-day period under subdivision (a).
(c) If within the 30-day period, the plan files in the proceeding a motion to set aside or modify those provisions of the order affecting it, those provisions shall be stayed until the court has resolved the motion.
(d) The duration of the stay described in subdivision (a), and the time period for filing the motion to set aside or modify provisions of the order, shall be extended to 60 days if the plan files with the court and serves on all affected parties a request for extension within the 30-day period.
(e) Either spousal party may seek an order staying any other provisions of the order and associated orders or judgments related to or affected by the provisions to which the plan has objected, until the court has resolved the motion, in order to protect the right of the party to seek relief under subdivision (c) of Section 2074.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party › ARTICLE 2 - Proceedings After Joinder › Section 2074.

2074. (a) At any hearing on a motion to set aside or modify an order pursuant to Section 2073, any party may present further evidence on any issue relating to the rights of the parties under the employee benefit plan or the extent of the parties’ community or quasi-community property interest in the plan, except where the parties have agreed in writing to the contrary.
(b) Any statement of decision issued by the court with respect to the order which is the subject of the motion shall take account of the evidence referred to in subdivision (a).
(c) If the provisions of the order affecting the employee benefit plan are modified or set aside, the court, on motion by either party, may set aside or modify other provisions of the order and associated orders or judgments related to or affected by the provisions affecting the plan.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Restoration of Wife s Former Name › Section 2080.

2080. In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for nullity of marriage, but not in a proceeding for legal separation of the parties, the court, upon the request of a party, shall restore the birth name or former name of that party, regardless of whether or not a request for restoration of the name was included in the petition.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1061, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Restoration of Wife s Former Name › Section 2081.

2081. The restoration of a former name or birth name requested under Section 2080 shall not be denied (a) on the basis that the party has custody of a minor child who bears a different name or (b) for any other reason other than fraud.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1061, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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2082. Nothing in this code shall be construed to abrogate the common law right of any person to change one’s name.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 8 - Uniform Divorce Recognition Act › Section 2090.

2090. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Divorce Recognition Act.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
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2091. A divorce obtained in another jurisdiction shall be of no force or effect in this state if both parties to the marriage were domiciled in this state at the time the proceeding for the divorce was commenced.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 8 - Uniform Divorce Recognition Act › Section 2092.

2092. Proof that a person hereafter obtaining a divorce from the bonds of matrimony in another jurisdiction was (a) domiciled in this state within 12 months before the commencement of the proceeding therefor, and resumed residence in this state within 18 months after the date of the person’s departure therefrom, or (b) at all times after the person’s departure from this state and until the person’s return maintained a place of residence within this state, shall be prima facie evidence that the person was domiciled in this state when the divorce proceeding was commenced.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 8 - Uniform Divorce Recognition Act › Section 2093.

2093. The application of this chapter is limited by the requirement of the Constitution of the United States that full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 9 - Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities › Section 2100.

2100. The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(a) It is the policy of the State of California (1) to marshal, preserve, and protect community and quasi-community assets and liabilities that exist at the date of separation so as to avoid dissipation of the community estate before distribution, (2) to ensure fair and sufficient child and spousal support awards, and (3) to achieve a division of community and quasi-community assets and liabilities on the dissolution or nullity of marriage or legal separation of the parties as provided under California law.
(b) Sound public policy further favors the reduction of the adversarial nature of marital dissolution and the attendant costs by fostering full disclosure and cooperative discovery.
(c) In order to promote this public policy, a full and accurate disclosure of all assets and liabilities in which one or both parties have or may have an interest must be made in the early stages of a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties, regardless of the characterization as community or separate, together with a disclosure of all income and expenses of the parties. Moreover, each party has a continuing duty to immediately, fully, and accurately update and augment that disclosure to the extent there have been any material changes so that at the time the parties enter into an agreement for the resolution of any of these issues, or at the time of trial on these issues, each party will have a full and complete knowledge of the relevant underlying facts.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 703, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 9 - Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities › Section 2101.

2101. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply to this chapter:
(a) “Asset” includes, but is not limited to, any real or personal property of any nature, whether tangible or intangible, and whether currently existing or contingent.
(b) “Default judgment” does not include a stipulated judgment or any judgment pursuant to a marital settlement agreement.
(c) “Earnings and accumulations” includes income from whatever source derived, as provided in Section 4058.
(d) “Expenses” includes, but is not limited to, all personal living expenses, but does not include business related expenses.
(e) “Income and expense declaration” includes the Income and Expense Declaration forms approved for use by the Judicial Council, and any other financial statement that is approved for use by the Judicial Council in lieu of the Income and Expense Declaration, if the financial statement form satisfies all other applicable criteria.
(f) “Liability” includes, but is not limited to, any debt or obligation, whether currently existing or contingent.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 581, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 9 - Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities › Section 2102.

2102. (a) From the date of separation to the date of the distribution of the community or quasi-community asset or liability in question, each party is subject to the standards provided in Section 721, as to all activities that affect the assets and liabilities of the other party, including, but not limited to, the following activities:
(1) The accurate and complete disclosure of all assets and liabilities in which the party has or may have an interest or obligation and all current earnings, accumulations, and expenses, including an immediate, full, and accurate update or augmentation to the extent there have been material changes.
(2) The accurate and complete written disclosure of any investment opportunity, business opportunity, or other income-producing opportunity that presents itself after the date of separation, but that results from any investment, significant business activity outside the ordinary course of business, or other income-producing opportunity of either spouse from the date of marriage to the date of separation, inclusive. The written disclosure shall be made in sufficient time for the other spouse to make an informed decision as to whether the spouse desires to participate in the investment opportunity, business, or other potential income-producing opportunity, and for the court to resolve any dispute regarding the right of the other spouse to participate in the opportunity. In the event of nondisclosure of an investment opportunity, the division of any gain resulting from that opportunity is governed by the standard provided in Section 2556.
(3) The operation or management of a business or an interest in a business in which the community may have an interest.
(b) From the date that a valid, enforceable, and binding resolution of the disposition of the asset or liability in question is reached, until the asset or liability has actually been distributed, each party is subject to the standards provided in Section 721 as to all activities that affect the assets or liabilities of the other party. Once a particular asset or liability has been distributed, the duties and standards set forth in Section 721 shall end as to that asset or liability.
(c) From the date of separation to the date of a valid, enforceable, and binding resolution of all issues relating to child or spousal support and professional fees, each party is subject to the standards provided in Section 721 as to all issues relating to the support and fees, including immediate, full, and accurate disclosure of all material facts and information regarding the income or expenses of the party.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 18. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 9 - Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities › Section 2103.

2103. In order to provide full and accurate disclosure of all assets and liabilities in which one or both parties may have an interest, each party to a proceeding for dissolution of the marriage or legal separation of the parties shall serve on the other party a preliminary declaration of disclosure under Section 2104, unless service of the preliminary declaration of disclosure is waived as provided in Section 2107 or is not required pursuant to Section 2110, and a final declaration of disclosure under Section 2105, unless service of the final declaration of disclosure is waived pursuant to Section 2105, 2107, or 2110, and shall file proof of service of each with the court.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 474, Sec. 7. (AB 2882) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 9 - Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities › Section 2106.

2106. Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2105, Section 2110, or absent good cause as provided in Section 2107, judgment shall not be entered with respect to the parties’ property rights without each party, or the attorney for that party in this matter, having executed and served a copy of the final declaration of disclosure and current income and expense declaration. Each party, or the party’s attorney, shall execute and file with the court a declaration signed under penalty of perjury stating that service of the final declaration of disclosure and current income and expense declaration was made on the other party or that service of the final declaration of disclosure has been waived pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2105 or in Section 2110.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 20. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 9 - Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities › Section 2108.

2108. At any time during the proceeding, the court has the authority, on application of a party and for good cause, to order the liquidation of community or quasi-community assets so as to avoid unreasonable market or investment risks, given the relative nature, scope, and extent of the community estate. However, in no event shall the court grant the application unless, as provided in this chapter, the appropriate declaration of disclosure has been served by the moving party.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 107. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 9 - Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities › Section 2109.

2109. The provisions of this chapter requiring a final declaration of disclosure do not apply to a summary dissolution of marriage, but a preliminary declaration of disclosure is required.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1101, Sec. 11. Effective October 11, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 18 of Ch. 1101.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 9 - Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities › Section 2110.

2110. In the case of a default judgment, the petitioner may waive the final declaration of disclosure requirements provided in this chapter, and shall not be required to serve a final declaration of disclosure on the respondent nor receive a final declaration of disclosure from the respondent. However, a preliminary declaration of disclosure by the petitioner is required unless the petitioner served the summons and petition by publication or posting pursuant to court order and the respondent has defaulted.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 46, Sec. 4. (SB 340) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 9 - Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities › Section 2111.

2111. A disclosure required by this chapter does not abrogate the attorney work product privilege or impede the power of the court to issue protective orders.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1101, Sec. 13. Effective October 11, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 18 of Ch. 1101.)