{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-2345","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 2345","heading":"","body":"The court may not render a judgment of the legal separation of the parties without the consent of both parties unless one party has not made a general appearance and the petition is one for legal separation.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 6. NULLITY, DISSOLUTION, AND LEGAL SEPARATION [2000. - 2452.]","PART 3. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND LEGAL SEPARATION [2300. - 2452.]","CHAPTER 4. General Procedural Provisions [2330. - 2348.]"],"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":"305d8345ae2646878731a2b2a12725fd9e1b7816a0591b42bf43faa949ff310e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-2344","next":"us-ca/fam-2346"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}