In IRMO CEJA (2013 [S193493, Ct.App. 6 H034826, Super. Ct. Nos. CV112520 & CV115283]), decision filed today, the Court concluded that, “Indeed, a reasonable person test would make it markedly more difficult to extend the civil benefits of marriage to those parties most in need of the putative spouse doctrine and its protection, namely, those innocents whose youth, inexperience, or lack of education or sophistication contributed to an honest belief in the validity of their marriages…” Good Faith Belief in Valid Marriage is Subjective.
You may get a copy of the case from http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions-slip.htm.
Good Faith Belief in Valid Marriage is Subjective
- Abbas Hadjian, AAML,IALF, CFLS