Rule 5.76. Domestic partnerships
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.76
Current text effective January 1, 2015.
To obtain a dissolution, a legal separation, or an annulment of a domestic partnership:
#(1) Persons who qualify for a summary dissolution as described in the booklet Summary Dissolution Information (form FL-810) may act to dissolve their partnership through the California Secretary of State using forms found at www.sos.ca.gov or in the superior court following the procedures described in form FL-810.
#(2) For persons who do not qualify for a summary dissolution proceeding, all forms and procedures used for the dissolution, legal separation, or annulment of a domestic partnership are the same as those used for the dissolution, legal separation, or annulment of a marriage.
#History
Rule 5.76 amended effective January 1, 2015; adopted effective January 1, 2013.
What this rule requires
Document Filing Requirements
(1) Persons who qualify for a summary dissolution as described in the booklet Summary Dissolution Information (form FL-810) may act to dissolve their partnership through the California Secretary of State using forms found at www.sos.ca.gov or in the superior court following the procedures described in form FL-810.
(2) For persons who do not qualify for a summary dissolution proceeding, all forms and procedures used for the dissolution, legal separation, or annulment of a domestic partnership are the same as those used for the dissolution, legal separation, or annulment of a marriage.
Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.