CALIFORNIA CODES

CALIFORNIA FAMILY CODE

Division 6. NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION

Part 2. JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF VOID OR VOIDABLE MARRIAGE

Chapter 3. PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

(a) If a determination is made that a marriage is void or voidable and the court finds that either party or both parties believed in good faith that the marriage was valid, the court shall:

(1) Declare the party or parties to have the status of a putative spouse.

(2) If the division of property is in issue, divide, in accordance with Division 7 (commencing with Section 2500), that property acquired during the union which would have been community property or quasi-community property if the union had not been void or voidable.

This property is known as "quasi-marital property".

(b) If the court expressly reserves jurisdiction, it may make the property division at a time after the judgment.