§ 2090 Divorce Recognition Act

Family Code·California

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This law says that if you got divorced in another state, California will recognize that divorce as valid here.

•If you were divorced in another state, California will honor that divorce.
•You don’t need to get divorced again in California if it was already done legally somewhere else.

A couple gets divorced in Texas and then one of them moves to California.

California will accept that their divorce is real and legal, just like if they had divorced in California.

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§ 2090 Divorce Recognition Act

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Divorce Recognition Act. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

Last verified: January 9, 2026

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