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DIVISION 6. NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION 2000-2452›PART 3. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND LEGAL SEPARATION 2300-2452›CHAPTER 2. Grounds for Dissolution or Legal Separation 2310-2313

§ 2312

California Family Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

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

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