{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"2072","citation":"Fam. Code, § 2072","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 6. NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION [2000. - 2452.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-6"},{"name":"PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [2000. - 2129.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-6/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Employee Pension Benefit Plan as Party [2060. - 2074.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-6/part-1/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Proceedings After Joinder [2070. - 2074.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-6/part-1/chapter-6/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 21.   Effective January 1, 1995.","effective":"1995-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/proceedings-after-joinder-2072","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}