California Family Code 308 – A marriage contracted outside this state that would be valid by laws …
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A marriage contracted outside this state that would be valid by laws of the jurisdiction in which the marriage was contracted is valid in California.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 474, Sec. 4. (AB 2882) Effective January 1, 2017.)
Terms Used In California Family Code 308
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, territory, or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See California Family Code 145