Legal Question in Family Law in California

By "work things out" or reconcile, I assume you mean cancel the divorce. If that is correct, all that needs to be done is the spouse that filed the dissolution petition files a standard form Request for Dismissal, available at courtinfo.ca.gov. If the responding spouse had filed responding papers, they will also need to sign the form.

the petitioning party would need to file a Request for Dismissal with the court.