Section 2107 Of Chapter 9. Disclosure Of Assets And Liabilities From California Family Law Code >> Division 6. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9.
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. (a) If one party fails to serve on the other party a
preliminary declaration of disclosure under Section 2104, unless that
party is not required to serve a preliminary declaration of
disclosure pursuant to Section 2110, or a final declaration of
disclosure under Section 2105, or fails to provide the information
required in the respective declarations with sufficient
particularity, and if the other party has served the respective
declaration of disclosure on the noncomplying party, the complying
party may, within a reasonable time, request preparation of the
appropriate declaration of disclosure or further particularity.
(b) If the noncomplying party fails to comply with a request under
subdivision (a), the complying party may do one or more of the
following:
(1) File a motion to compel a further response.
(2) File a motion for an order preventing the noncomplying party
from presenting evidence on issues that should have been covered in
the declaration of disclosure.
(3) File a motion showing good cause for the court to grant the
complying party's voluntary waiver of receipt of the noncomplying
party's preliminary declaration of disclosure pursuant to Section
2104 or final declaration of disclosure pursuant to Section 2105. The
voluntary waiver does not affect the rights enumerated in
subdivision (d).
(c) If a party fails to comply with any provision of this chapter,
the court shall, in addition to any other remedy provided by law,
impose money sanctions against the noncomplying party. Sanctions
shall be in an amount sufficient to deter repetition of the conduct
or comparable conduct, and shall include reasonable attorney's fees,
costs incurred, or both, unless the court finds that the noncomplying
party acted with substantial justification or that other
circumstances make the imposition of the sanction unjust.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, if a court
enters a judgment when the parties have failed to comply with all
disclosure requirements of this chapter, the court shall set aside
the judgment. The failure to comply with the disclosure requirements
does not constitute harmless error. If the court granted the
complying party's voluntary waiver of receipt of the noncomplying
party's preliminary declaration of disclosure pursuant to paragraph
(3) of subdivision (b), the court shall set aside the judgment only
at the request of the complying party, unless the motion to set aside
the judgment is based on one of the following:
(1) Actual fraud if the defrauded party was kept in ignorance or
in some other manner was fraudulently prevented from fully
participating in the proceeding.
(2) Perjury, as defined in Section 118 of the Penal Code, in the
preliminary or final declaration of disclosure, in the waiver of the
final declaration of disclosure, or in the current income and expense
statement.
(e) Upon the motion to set aside judgment, the court may order the
parties to provide the preliminary and final declarations of
disclosure that were exchanged between them. Absent a court order to
the contrary, the disclosure declarations shall not be filed with the
court and shall be returned to the parties.