This sample legal separation settlement agreement for California was designed to be used in an uncontested legal separation in California. This sample legal separation settlement agreement can be modified to fit any situation. The sample agreement on which this preview is based is 20 pages and includes brief instructions and is very detailed with provisions for child custody/visitation and support, as well as division of community property and debts, it also includes two notary acknowledgments. The author is a freelance paralegal who has worked in California and Federal litigation since 1995 and has used this sample for many years. Note that the author is NOT an attorney and no guarantee or warranty is provided.

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LEGAL SEPARATION 1SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
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Case No. ________________________
I, NAME OF HUSBAND, Husband and I, NAME OF WIFE, Wife, agree as
follows:
1. GENERALLY: We were married on DATE OF MARRIAGE and separated on
DATE OF SEPARATION. The length of marriage was LIST NUMBER of years and LIST
NUMBER months. We make this agreement with reference to the following facts.
A. Children: There are no minor children of this marriage. Or if you have minor
children state, There are ___________ minor children of this marriage, namely, FULL
NAME and DATE OF BIRTH.
B. Unhappy and irreconcilable differences have arisen between us which have
caused the irremediable breakdown of our marriage.
C. We now intend by this agreement, to make a final and complete settlement of all
our rights and obligations concerning support and division of property.
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2. SEPARATION: We agree to live separately and apart, and, except for the duties
and obligations imposed and assumed under this agreement, each shall be as free from
interference and control of the other as fully as if he or she were single.
3. 1CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION: 1Husband and Wife shall share Joint
Legal and Physical Custody of the minor children of the parties, the scheduling of the times
when the minor children shall be in the custody and control of either party shall be as follows:
A. In odd-numbered years commencing in 20__, the entirety of the Christmas school
holidays from noon on the first Saturday following the last day of school to noon on the day
before school resumes in January, in even-numbered years commencing in 20__, from noon on
December 26 to noon on the day before school resumes in January.
B. The entirety of the spring school holidays from noon on the first Saturday
following the last day of school to noon on the day before school resumes.
C. The first six weeks of the summer school vacation between noon on the Sunday
following the last day of school in the spring semester to noon Saturday of the sixth week
thereafter.
D. Alternate holidays weekends commencing with Columbus Day 20__ upon one
week’s prior notice to the Petitioner (such alternating holiday weekends to not include Easter, the
Fourth of July, Labor Day, Christmas or New Years). For the purposes of this subparagraph
“holiday weekends” are defined as three to five day periods including a Saturday and Sunday
and a legal holiday recognized and celebrated by the school in which the children are enrolled.
Father may have visitation at other reasonable times upon 48 hours notice. All visitation under
this subparagraph shall be exercised within 200 miles of the children’s primary residence and the
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exchange shall take place at an agreed upon location in or near ___________. The provisions of
this subparagraph are entirely optional for the Respondent and his failure to request visitation
under this subparagraph shall not be considered by any Court in any future modification
proceeding.
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