context: As stated above, the putative spouse doctrine protects "innocent parties who believe they were validly married." "[A] proper assertion of putative spouse status must rest on facts that would cause a reasonable person to harbor a good faith belief in the existence of a lawful California marriage."
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.parenthetical: "the requisite belief is in a lawful marriage, that is to say, a marriage which complies with statutory requirements"
citation_a.sentence: Welch v. State, 83 Cal. App. 4th 1374, 1378, 100 Cal.Rptr.2d 430 (2000) (emphasis in original); In re Marriage of Vryonis, 202 Cal. App. 3d 712, 722-23, 248 Cal.Rptr. 807 (1988) (“the requisite belief is in a lawful marriage, that is to say, a marriage which complies with statutory requirements”) (emphasis in original); see also, Ceja, 56 Cal. 4th at 1126, 158 Cal.Rptr.3d 21, 302 P.3d 211 (“[A] finding of whether a party’s belief was genuinely held in good faith will be informed, in part, by whether that party was aware of facts that were inconsistent -with a rational belief in the validity or lawfulness of a marriage.”). In evaluating a party’s state of mind, courts consider “whether efforts were made to create a valid marriage and whether the party was ignorant of the infirmity rendering the marriage void or voidable.” Id. at 1121, 158 Cal.Rptr.3d 21, 302 P.3d 211 (citations omitted).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "[A] finding of whether a party's belief was genuinely held in good faith will be informed, in part, by whether that party was aware of facts that were inconsistent -with a rational belief in the validity or lawfulness of a marriage."
citation_b.sentence: Welch v. State, 83 Cal. App. 4th 1374, 1378, 100 Cal.Rptr.2d 430 (2000) (emphasis in original); In re Marriage of Vryonis, 202 Cal. App. 3d 712, 722-23, 248 Cal.Rptr. 807 (1988) (“the requisite belief is in a lawful marriage, that is to say, a marriage which complies with statutory requirements”) (emphasis in original); see also, Ceja, 56 Cal. 4th at 1126, 158 Cal.Rptr.3d 21, 302 P.3d 211 (“[A] finding of whether a party’s belief was genuinely held in good faith will be informed, in part, by whether that party was aware of facts that were inconsistent -with a rational belief in the validity or lawfulness of a marriage.”). In evaluating a party’s state of mind, courts consider “whether efforts were made to create a valid marriage and whether the party was ignorant of the infirmity rendering the marriage void or voidable.” Id. at 1121, 158 Cal.Rptr.3d 21, 302 P.3d 211 (citations omitted).