SB 1427 and California's New Joint Petition for Divorce: What Changed in 2026
If you and your spouse agree on getting divorced and on how to handle everything that comes with it, California now lets you file the case together, as equals, instead of one of you suing the other. This is the biggest structural change to how a California divorce starts in years, and it comes from a specific law: Senate Bill 1427. Here’s what SB 1427 actually did, who can use it, and how it compares to the options that already existed. ...