CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Marital Status
......Dissolution or Legal Separation
.........Grounds
............Irreconcilable Differences
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  • Irreconcilable differences are grounds for granting dissolution of marriage or legal separation judgment.
  • Irreconcilable differences defined.
  • Specific acts of misconduct need not be proven in support of ground of irreconcilable differences.
  • Judgment mandatory if irreconcilable differences proved.
  • If court finds reconciliation possible it may decline to issue judgment for up to 30 days.
  • Court may grant dissolution judgment after judgment of legal separation entered.
  • The existence of irreconcilable differences is a state of mind and does not depend on objective evidence.