Legal Opinion
Peterson v. Peterson
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 9, 1973No. Civ. 30984PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
When California’s Family Law Act (Civ. Code. §§ 4000-5138) was enacted, to become effective January 1, 1970, certain language of repealed Civil Code section 142 became part of Civil Code section 4806 1 as follows: “. . . Where there are no children, and either party has a separate estate sufficient for his or her proper support, no allowance shall be made from the separate estate of the other party.”
This portion of section 4806 was amended (Stats. 1970, ch. 988, p. 1761, effective Nov. 23, 1970) by the 1970 Legislature to read: “. . . In any original or modification…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re Marriage of RosanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
- Hall v. HallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Mueller v. MuellerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Dean v. DeanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Millington v. MillingtonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re Marriage of KuppingerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- In Re Marriage of HoffmeisterCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
- Gammell v. GammellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
- Marriage of Rudolf v. RudolfSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- In Re Marriage of HoffmeisterCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984