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Vessel Traffic Service in California

October 9, 2025 2:30 amOctober 9, 2025 2:31 am

Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 4 of California’s Harbors and Navigation Code deals with vessel traffic service. Section 445 provides for the Marine Exchange of Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, Inc. It may operate a vessel traffic service, in cooperation with,...

A Better Approach to Contingent Enactment Language

October 8, 2025 2:42 pmOctober 8, 2025 2:42 pm

“Contingent enactment” amendments in the California Legislature are used to connect a bill to another action in order for that bill to become operative. There are several reasons for contingent enactment language, such as upon a budget appropriation, a federal...

Void and Voidable Marriages in California

October 8, 2025 2:30 amOctober 8, 2025 2:31 am

Division 6, Part 2, Chapter 1 deals with void marriages and Chapter 2 of the California Family Code deals with voidable marriages. Section 2200 provides that marriages between parents and children, ancestors and descendants of every degree, and between siblings...

Other Liabilities of Marital Property in California

October 7, 2025 2:30 amOctober 7, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 4, Part 3 deals with liabilities of martial property. Chapter 3 deals with reimbursement. Section 920 states that a right of reimbursement provided by this part is subject to the three specified provisions. Chapter 5...

Restoration of a Spouse’s Former Name

October 6, 2025 2:30 amOctober 6, 2025 2:31 am

Division 6, Part 1, Chapter 7 deals with the restoration of a spouse’s former name in nullity, dissolution, and legal separation proceedings. Section 2080 provides that, in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for nullity of marriage, but not...

Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities in Family Law Cases

October 5, 2025 2:30 amOctober 5, 2025 2:31 am

Division 6, Part 1, Chapter 9 deals with the disclosure of assets and liabilities in nullity, dissolution, and legal separation cases. Section 2100 contains three legislative findings and declarations, including that sound public policy further favors the reduction of the...

Why Legislative Counsel Should Draft All Ballot Measures

October 4, 2025 4:13 pmOctober 4, 2025 4:13 pm

I found myself recently discussing initiatives and the common drafting concerns expressed by those who review them. With measures placed on the ballot by the Legislature, the attorneys in the Office of Legislative Counsel (OLC) for the California Legislature draft...