CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Jurisdiction-Subject Matter/Residency
.........Jurisdiction Over Specific Issues
............Dissolution
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Superior court has jurisdiction to hear proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation.

Residency requirements for dissolution.

Divorce decree of one state where one party had domicile and other party had notice, entitled to full faith and credit. Domicile crucial to jurisdiction.

In ex parte divorce actions, bona fide domicile of one party within state is necessary for jurisdiction.

Cal. court has jurisdiction to determine whether party had bona fide domicile in another state which granted judgment of dissolution.