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Divorce Yourself - The National Divorce Kit
Everything That You and Your Spouse Will Need to Obtain Your Divorce Without a Lawyer.
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California Divorce

Please also visit our new website dedicated to California Divorce.

We have included some CA divorce information on this page. However, we recently launched a new California divorce site that includes a CA divorce law guide and online California divorce documents that you can "try before you buy" and download right after purchase.

Go to: www.cadivorceonline.com - The California Divorce Information Center.

CA Divorce Law

California only permits irreconcilable difference type no fault divorces and mutual consent decrees. California is a community property state. You must have been a resident of the state for 6 months in order to obtain a divorce.

Marital Separation Agreements Explained

California State Statutory Resources

CA Residency Requirements (Divorce) - California Family Code Section 2320-2322 - 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. View the entire statute...

Grounds for Divorce in California - California Family Code Section 2310-2313:

2310. Dissolution of the marriage or legal separation of the parties may be based on either of the following grounds, which shall be pleaded generally: (a) Irreconcilable differences, which have caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage. (b) Incurable insanity.

2311. Irreconcilable differences are those grounds which are determined by the court to be substantial reasons for not continuing the marriage and which make it appear that the marriage should be dissolved.

2312. A marriage may be dissolved on the grounds of incurable insanity only upon proof, including competent medical or psychiatric testimony, that the insane spouse was at the time the petition was filed, and remains, incurably insane.

2313. No dissolution of marriage granted on the ground of incurable insanity relieves a spouse from any obligation imposed by law as a result of the marriage for the support of the spouse who is incurably insane, and the court may make such order for support, or require a bond therefor, as the circumstances require.

California Law consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes.

Child Support in California

Child Support Explained
California Family Code Section 4050-4076 - Child Support Guidelines
California Dept of Child Support Services
P.O. Box 419064
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-9064
Telephone (866) 249-0773 (toll free)
Fax (916) 464-5065

CA Child Support Calculators

Interactive Child Support Payment Estimator
Calculating Child Support in California

CA Child Custody and Visitation Law

Child custody decisions are based on the best interests of the child.

FAQ on Child Custody and Visitation
Child Custody Resources

Property Division in California

California is a community property state. The Court may order arbitration if the parties cannot agree on how to divide property.

California Family Code Section 760-761 - Community Property
California Family Code Section 770-772 - Separate Property

California Courts and Community Resources

Lawyers and Divorce
Mediation
Glossary of Family Law Terms
California Courts
California Divorce Guide - some information is free and some information costs a modest fee.
State Bar of California
San Francisco (Main Office)
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639
415-538-2000