Chris Micheli

1 week ago | californiaglobe.com | Chris Micheli

California’s Family Code, in Division 3, Part 1, deals with the validity of marriage in this state. Section 300 provides that marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between two persons, to which the consent of the parties capable of making that contract is necessary. In addition, consent alone does not constitute marriage. Consent must be followed by the issuance of a license and solemnization as authorized.

1 week ago | californiaglobe.com | Chris Micheli

In Division 2, Chapter 4 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code, there are specified offenses in navigation. Section 300 states that a person who willfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, injures, sinks, or sets adrift a vessel of less than ten gross tons that is the property of another is guilty of a misdemeanor.

1 week ago | californiaglobe.com | Chris Micheli

Division 7, Part 2, of the California Family Code concerns general provisions related to the division of property in this state. Section 2550 provides that, with certain exceptions, in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of the parties, the court is required to divide the community estate of the parties equally. Section 2551 requires the court to characterize liabilities as separate or community and confirm or assign them to the parties.

1 week ago | californiaglobe.com | Chris Micheli

California’s Harbors and Navigation Code, in Division 4, Chapter 3, deals with mates and seamen. Section 860 provides that the mate is the officer next in rank to the master and, in case of the master’s disability the mate becomes the master. Section 861 explains that all persons employed in the navigation of a vessel, or upon a voyage, other than the master and mate, are seamen within the provisions of this code.

1 week ago | californiaglobe.com | Chris Micheli

Division 3, Part 3, Chapter 1 of the California Family Code deals with persons who are authorized to solemnize marriage in this state. Section 400 provides that, although marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil, and not a religious, contract, a marriage may be solemnized by a priest, minister, rabbi, or authorized person of any religious denomination who is 18 years of age or older.