Author: Chris Micheli
Chris Micheli is an attorney and lobbyist with Snodgrass & Micheli, LLC, as well as an Adjunct Professor at McGeorge School of Law.
Navigation Rules in California
In Division 2, Chapter 3, Article 1 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code, there are navigation rules. Section 280 provides that the provisions of this article are in addition to the provisions of other parts of this code which...
Validity of Marriage in California
California’s Family Code, in Division 3, Part 1, deals with the validity of marriage in this state. Section 300 provides that marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between two persons, to which the consent of...
Navigation Offenses in California
In Division 2, Chapter 4 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code, there are specified offenses in navigation. Section 300 states that a person who willfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, injures, sinks, or sets adrift a vessel of less than...
General Provisions Related to the Division of Property
Division 7, Part 2, of the California Family Code concerns general provisions related to the division of property in this state. Section 2550 provides that, with certain exceptions, in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of...
Mates and Seamen in California
California’s Harbors and Navigation Code, in Division 4, Chapter 3, deals with mates and seamen. Section 860 provides that the mate is the officer next in rank to the master and, in case of the master’s disability the mate becomes...
Persons Allowed to Perform Weddings in California
Division 3, Part 3, Chapter 1 of the California Family Code deals with persons who are authorized to solemnize marriage in this state. Section 400 provides that, although marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil, and not...