How have courts interpreted section 580 of the California Family Law Act on divorce?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sass v. Cohen, 10 Cal.5th 861, 272 Cal.Rptr.3d 836, 477 P.3d 557 (Cal. 2020):
Finally, our most recent case concerning the matter, In re Marriage of Lippel (1990) 51 Cal.3d 1160, 276 Cal.Rptr. 290, 801 P.2d 1041 ( Lippel ), offers a clear articulation of the significance of section 580. Lippel concerned a divorce obtained after the enactment of the Family Law Act. (Civ. Code, former 4000 et seq.; see also Ceja v. Rudolph & Sletten, Inc. (2013) 56 Cal.4th 1113, 1121, fn. 5, 158 Cal.Rptr.3d 21, 302 P.3d 211 ; In re Marriage of Cantarella (2011) 191 Cal.App.4th 916, 919, fn. 1, 119 Cal.Rptr.3d 829.) When the plaintiff filed for dissolution, she used "a standard printed form petition, which was statutorily authorized, that provided blank spaces for the entry of certain statistical information and contained boxes to be checked to
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