Cal. Codes » Family Code / DIVISION 6. NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION / PART 3. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND LEGAL SEPARATION / CHAPTER 2. Grounds for Dissolution or Legal Separation
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Cal. Family Code § 2310 (2026)

Grounds for Dissolution or Legal Separation

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Dissolution of the marriage or legal separation of the parties may be based on either of the following grounds, which shall be pleaded generally:

(a)Irreconcilable differences, which have caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage.

(b)Permanent legal incapacity to make decisions.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2004–2018 · leading case: Caffyn v. Caffyn, 806 N.E.2d 415 (Mass. 2004).
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Caffyn v. Caffyn, 806 N.E.2d 415 (Mass. 2004). “An analysis of California’s no-fault divorce statute, Cal. Fam. Code § 2310 (West 1994) (formerly Cal.”
L.G. v. M.B., 235 Cal. Rptr. 3d 494 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). “" (Fam. Code, § 2310.) The grounds for dissolution must be "pleaded generally.”
L.G. v. M.B. (Cal. Ct. App. 2018). “” (Fam. Code, § 2310.) The grounds for dissolution must be “pleaded generally.”
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