California Court of Appeal

The issuance of a license is a mandatory requirement for a valid marriage in California, and plaintiff's petition to establish the fact of marriage pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 103450 did not cure his failure to obtain a license, thus he could not inherit from "wife"; the trial court was correct in finding plaintiff was not a putative spouse because he did not have an objectively reasonable, good faith belief that he was lawfully married.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/26/2002
• Published 03/26/2002

Judges

• BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Richard I. Wideman, Santa Barbara, for Appellant Jack Harris.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Gorini, Boskovich, Gorini & Vanasse, San Jose, for Respondent John A. DePasse.