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How do I divorce a Canadian citizen from California?

I am a US citizen who married a Canadian citizen in 2004. I moved back to California 2 years ago and she remained in Canada. We had a Canadian marriage license so I need to know how to divorce her from California. She will not start proceedings in Canada and I'm not sure where to start

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You can file for a divorce in California so long as you have lived in the state for the last 6 months and the county in which you are going to file for the last 3 months. You will need to check with the Canadian courts to determine what their process is for recognizing a foreign judgment - there is one, I'm sure.
This is in no way intended to be legal advice. You have not retained me and I am only responding to your general inquiry based only the information you have provided here.

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