Bill Text: CA SB683 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Marriage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-21 - Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. [SB683 Detail]
Download: California-2025-SB683-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 683
| Introduced by Senator Cortese |
February 21, 2025 |
An act to amend Section 2201 of the Family Code, relating to marriage.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 683, as introduced, Cortese.
Marriage.
Existing law provides that marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between 2 persons. Existing law provides that a subsequent marriage contracted by a person during the life of their former spouse, with a person other than the former spouse, is illegal and void except under specified situations, including that the former marriage has been dissolved or adjudged a nullity before the date of the subsequent marriage.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2201 of the Family Code is amended to read:2201.
(a) A subsequent marriage contracted by a person during the life of(1) The former marriage has been dissolved or adjudged a nullity before the date of the subsequent marriage.
(2) The former spouse (A) is absent, is either of the following:
(A) Absent, and not known to the person to be living for the period of five successive years immediately preceding the subsequent marriage, or (B) is generally marriage.
(B) Generally
reputed or believed by the person to be dead at the time the subsequent marriage was contracted.
(b) In either of the cases described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), the subsequent marriage is valid until its nullity is adjudged pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2210.
