California Family Code
§ 2251
FAM § 2251 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 6 · Part 2 · Ch. 3
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(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, who believed in good faith that the marriage was valid, 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 that would have been community property or quasi-community property if the union had not been void or voidable, only upon request of a party who is declared a putative spouse under paragraph (1). This property is known as “quasi-marital property.”
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 196, Sec. 1. (AB 380) Effective January 1, 2016.