{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-2251","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 2251","heading":"","body":"(a) If a determination is made that a marriage is void or voidable and the court finds that either party or both parties believed in good faith that the marriage was valid, the court shall:\n(1) Declare the party or parties, who believed in good faith that the marriage was valid, to have the status of a putative spouse.\n(2) If the division of property is in issue, divide, in accordance with Division 7 (commencing with Section 2500), that property acquired during the union that would have been community property or quasi-community property if the union had not been void or voidable, only upon request of a party who is declared a putative spouse under paragraph (1). This property is known as “quasi-marital property.”\n(b) If the court expressly reserves jurisdiction, it may make the property division at a time after the judgment.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 6. NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION [2000. - 2452.]","PART 2. JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF VOID OR VOIDABLE MARRIAGE [2200. - 2255.]","CHAPTER 3. Procedural Provisions [2250. - 2255.]"],"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":"38460ba5303eb9b19d0fc2dab7584eda57ace9712b27e7535266d7dbc18afd28","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-2250","next":"us-ca/fam-2252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}