California Divorce Residency Requirements
If you are contemplating a divorce in California you may first need to consider whether you have lived in California long enough to meet California's residencey requirement for divorce. According to California Family Law Code section 2320 a judgment may not be entered for for dissolution (divorce) unless one of the spouses has been a resident of California for six months ( 6 months). In addition, the individual seeking the
divorce must also be a resident of the county in which the
divorce petition was filed for at least three months (3 months) prior to the filing of the divorce petition.
California Family Law Code 2320
A judgment of dissolution of marriage may not be entered unless one of the parties to the marriage has been a resident of this state for six months and of the county in which the proceeding is filed for three months next preceding the filing of the petition.