CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Consolidation
.........Cases Favorable
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Consolidation is encouraged by courts.

Family law court permitted to determine premarital issues submitted to it by parties.

Subsequent marriage does not extinguish premarital Marvin rights.

Trial court may order consolidation when independent actions are affected by the outcome of each other.

Demurrer may be granted if independent action involving same issues as are pending in dissolution is filed.

Consolidation of related issue to dissolution permitted where no right to jury trial on related issue.

Fees may be ordered when guardianship consolidated with family law proceeding and issue in both is custody of child.

Caselist of miscellaneous issues joined and/or consolidated with dissolution action.