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Family Code § 2312

CHAPTER 2. Grounds for Dissolution or Legal Separation

Current as of September 28, 2026Fam. Code, § 2312Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 10. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.

A marriage may be dissolved on the grounds of permanent legal incapacity to make decisions only upon proof, including competent medical or psychiatric testimony, that the spouse was at the time the petition was filed, and remains, permanently lacking the legal capacity to make decisions.