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CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 370-371 
370.  A married person may be sued without his or her spouse being
joined as a party, and may sue without his or her spouse being joined
as a party in all actions.



371.  If a husband and wife are sued together, each may defend for
his or her own right, but if one spouse neglects to defend, the other
spouse may defend for that spouse's right also.

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