In California you can only file for divorce based on “Irreconcilable Differences.” California is a “No Fault” state, which means neither party has to prove why the marriage is being dissolved.
California is a “Community Property State”, wherein any assets and/or debts acquired during the “term of the marriage,” which is defined as from the date of marriage to the date of separation, is community property/debt.
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To file in California one of the parties has to have been a resident of California for at least six months and to have lived in the County in which they are filing for at least three months. If there are children involved, the Divorce has to be filed in the county in which the children reside.
There are four types of divorces in California.
The divorce process will take a minimum of 6 months, regardless of the type of divorce that’s involved. A judge will not even consider signing a Petition for Dissolution until 6 months after the divorce papers were served because California has a six month waiting period..
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