CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Jurisdiction-Subject Matter/Residency
.........Jurisdiction Over Specific Issues
............Pensions
6 Cards On This Topic:
  • No jurisdiction over employee pension benefit plan without joinder.
  • USFSPA provides limited bases for jurisdiction (military pensions).
  • Jurisdiction to divide military pension more limited than minimum contacts test necessary to enforce child support obligation.
  • Contacts with out-of-state insurance company too weak to join to Cal. action.
  • Cal. did not have jurisdiction to divide omitted pension although H filed in Cal. for dissolution.
  • H, Iowa domiciliary, submitted to in personam jurisdiction of Cal. court by filing response in W's legal separation action.