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California Family Code 500

Confidential Marriage - General Provisions

Part 4. Confidential Marriage - Ch. 1. General Provisions - Section 500: When two unmarried people, not minors, have been living together as spouses, they may be married pursuant to this chapter by a person authorized to solemnize a marriage under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 400) of Part 3.

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 474, Sec. 6. (AB 2882) Effective January 1, 2017.)


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