Cal. Codes » Family Code / DIVISION 6. NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION / PART 3. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND LEGAL SEPARATION / CHAPTER 4. General Procedural Provisions
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Cal. Family Code § 2330.3 (2026)

General Procedural Provisions

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(a)All dissolution actions, to the greatest extent possible, shall be assigned to the same superior court department for all purposes, in order that all decisions in a case through final judgment shall be made by the same judicial officer. However, if the assignment will result in a significant delay of any family law matter, the dissolution action need not be assigned to the same superior court department for all purposes, unless the parties stipulate otherwise.

(b)The Judicial Council shall adopt a standard of judicial administration prescribing a minimum length of assignment of a judicial officer to a family law assignment.

(c)This section shall be operative on July 1, 1997.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Blumenthal v. Superior Court, 137 Cal. App. 4th 672 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006).
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Blumenthal v. Superior Court, 137 Cal. App. 4th 672 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006). “” (Fam. Code, § 2330.3, subd. (a), italics added.”
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