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Cal. Family Code § 720 (2026)
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Spouses contract toward each other obligations of mutual respect, fidelity, and support.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2000–2012 · leading case: Perry v. Schwarzenegger, 704 F. Supp. 2d 921 (N.D. Cal. 2010).
Perry v. Schwarzenegger, 704 F. Supp. 2d 921 (N.D. Cal. 2010). “Cal. Fam. Code § 720 . 33. Eliminating gender and race restrictions in marriage has not deprived the institution of marriage of its vitality.”
In Re Marriage of Bonds, 5 P.3d 815 (Cal. 2000). “Such limitations are inconsistent with the freedom-of-contract analysis espoused, for example, by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.”
Donaldson v. State, 2012 MT 288 (Mont. 2012). “See Cal. Fam. Code § 720 ; § 40-2-101, MCA. “[T]he primacy of the husband as the legal and economic representative of the couple, and the protector and provider for his wife, was seen as absolutely essential to what marriage was” in the nineteenth century.”
Donaldson v. State of Montana, 2012 MT 288 (Mont. 2012). “See Cal. Fam. Code § 720 ; § 40-2-101, MCA. “[T]he primacy of the husband as the legal and economic representative of the couple, and the protector and provider for his wife, was seen as absolutely essential to what marriage was” in the nineteenth century.”
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