{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-371","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 371","heading":"","body":"If spouses are sued together, each may defend for his or her own right, but if one spouse neglects to defend, the other spouse may defend for that spouse’s right also.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 3. OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS [367. - 389.5.]","CHAPTER 2. Married Person [370. - 371.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"4bf24323c053a95dd011289971528958588a1e1a13d3d458941f1f8504cfedf2","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-370","next":"us-ca/ccp-372"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}