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2022 California Code
Family Code - FAM
DIVISION 6 - NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION
PART 3 - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND LEGAL SEPARATION
CHAPTER 4 - General Procedural Provisions
Section 2339.
Universal Citation: CA Fam Code § 2339 (2022)
2339. (a) Subject to subdivision (b) and to Sections 2340 to 2344, inclusive, no judgment of dissolution is final for the purpose of terminating the marriage relationship of the parties until six months have expired from the date of service of a copy of summons and petition or the date of appearance of the respondent, whichever occurs first.
(b) The court may extend the six-month period described in subdivision (a) for good cause shown.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
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