{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"2251","citation":"Fam. Code, § 2251","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 2. JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF VOID OR VOIDABLE MARRIAGE [2200. - 2255.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-6/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Procedural Provisions [2250. - 2255.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-6/part-2/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 196, Sec. 1.   (AB 380)   Effective January 1, 2016.","effective":"2016-01-01","html":"<p>(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:</p><p>(1) Declare the party or parties, who believed in good faith that the marriage was valid, to have the status of a putative spouse.</p><p>(2) If the division of property is in issue, divide, in accordance with Division 7 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/fam/2500\">2500</a>), 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.”</p><p>(b) If the court expressly reserves jurisdiction, it may make the property division at a time after the judgment.</p>","text":"(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.” (b) If the court expressly reserves jurisdiction, it may make the property division at a time after the judgment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/procedural-provisions-2251","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}