Innactive time after petition filed

What is the name of your state? California

If there is no settlement decree or court action for a period of 1 year following the filing of a petition for divoce, i.e., no action other than filing a Response to the Petition, does the process have to be started all over again? Where can I read the law on this?

picesperson said:

What is the name of your state? California

If there is no settlement decree or court action for a period of 1 year following the filing of a petition for divoce, i.e., no action other than filing a Response to the Petition, does the process have to be started all over again? Where can I read the law on this?

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My response:

No. Until the court, on it's own motion, dismisses the Dissolution action or is dismissed by both parties, who have both signed a Request for Dismissal form, and filed it with the clerk, the action can theoretically remain "active" forever.

IAAL