CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Spousal Support
......Termination/Duration of Support
.........Extension Past Termination Date
............Not Permitted
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Statute requiring that spousal support terminate on specific date unless jurisdiction retained interpreted by courts to imply retention where reasonable.

Trial ct. without jurisdiction to reinstate spousal support 16 yrs after date established by 1972 decree entered on parties' stipulation, even where marriage of long duration.

Judgment reserving jurisdiction over support until specific date means that modification itself must be made prior to the date the court loses jurisdiction.

Jurisdiction to modify amount does not include power to extend duration of spousal support beyond unambiguous termination date.

Court has no jurisdiction to extend "nonmodifiable" spousal support if request is made after termination date.

Language in MSA clearly intended only amount of support be modifiable.

Family home award does not include a reservation of spousal support.