Forum for Certain Civil Actions in California – California Globe

Forum for Certain Civil Actions in California – California Globe

California’s Code of Civil Procedure Part 2, Title 5, Chapter 1, Article 2, deals with jurisdiction and forum in civil actions. Section 410.30 specifies that, when a court upon motion of a party or its own motion finds that in the interest of substantial justice an action should be heard in a forum outside this state, the court is required to stay or dismiss the action in whole or in part on any conditions that may be just. Section 410.40 provid…