BILL NUMBER: AB 1735	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 15, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Waldron

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2016

   An act to amend Section  1798.60 of the Civil Code,
relating to information practices.   215 of the Family
Code, relating to dissolution of marriage. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1735, as amended, Waldron.  Information Practices Act
of 1977: personal information.   Dissolution of
marriage: bifurcated judgment: service.  
   Existing law, when there is a modification of a judgment or order
or a subsequent order in a specified proceeding relating to marriage,
including dissolution of marriage, requires that service for the new
order or proceeding be made to the party in the same manner as the
notice is otherwise permitted to be served. Existing law specifies
that service upon the attorney of record is not sufficient. 

   This bill would require service upon the attorney of record, and
not the party, in the case of a bifurcated judgment of dissolution.
 
   The Information Practices Act of 1977 prescribes requirements for
state agencies for the maintenance of personal information, as
defined, and restricts a state agency from disclosing personal
information contained in its records, as specified. The act, among
other things, prohibits a state agency from distributing for
commercial purposes, selling, or renting an individual's name and
address unless specifically authorized by law.  
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 215 of the   Family
Code   is amended to read: 
   215.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision  (b),
  (b) or (c),  after entry of a judgment of
dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, legal separation of the
parties, or paternity, or after a permanent order in any other
proceeding in which there was at issue the visitation, custody, or
support of a child, no modification of the judgment or order, and no
subsequent order in the proceedings, is valid unless any prior notice
otherwise required to be given to a party to the proceeding is
served, in the same manner as the notice is otherwise permitted by
law to be served, upon the party. For the purposes of this section,
service upon the attorney of record is not sufficient.
   (b) A postjudgment motion to modify a custody, visitation, or
child support order may be served on the other party or parties by
first-class mail or airmail, postage prepaid, to the persons to be
served. For any party served by mail, the proof of service must
include an address verification. 
   (c) This section does not apply to a bifurcated judgment of
dissolution pursuant to Section 2337, service for which shall be upon
the attorney of record.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 1798.60 of the Civil Code is
amended to read:
   1798.60.  An individual's name and address shall not be
distributed for commercial purposes, sold, or rented by an agency
unless that action is specifically authorized by law.