Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.76 · Article 6. Specific Proceedings
Domestic partnerships
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
To obtain a dissolution, a legal separation, or an annulment of a domestic partnership:
(1) Persons who qualify for a summary dissolution as described in the booklet Summary Dissolution Information (form FL-810) may act to dissolve their partnership through the California Secretary of State using forms found at www.sos.ca.gov or in the superior court following the procedures described in form FL-810.
(2) For persons who do not qualify for a summary dissolution proceeding, all forms and procedures used for the dissolution, legal separation, or annulment of a domestic partnership are the same as those used for the dissolution, legal separation, or annulment of a marriage.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 5.76 amended effective January 1, 2015; adopted effective January 1, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/five/rule5_76
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