Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307 - 1062.34]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 3. OF THE PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS [367 - 389.5]
( Title 3 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 2. Married Person [370 - 371]
( Heading of Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 178, Sec. 14. ) 371.
If spouses 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 15. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)