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Distribution Type
Community Property
Statutory Split
50 / 50
Income Adjustment
None

Methodology

Community property — equal division

California is a strict community property state: Family Code §760 classifies property acquired during marriage while domiciled in the state as community property, and §2550 requires the court to divide the community estate equally. There is no factor list to weigh for the size of each share; departures from the equal division are limited to statutory exceptions such as the parties' written agreement or oral stipulation in open court, deliberate misappropriation of community assets (§2602), economic-circumstance awards of particular assets offset against other assets (§2601), and small-estate adjustments (§2604).

Division Factors

The following factors are commonly evaluated under California law:

  1. Property acquired by a married person during the marriage while domiciled in California is community property (Fam. Code §760)
  2. The court must divide the community estate equally, absent the parties' written agreement or oral stipulation in open court (§2550)
  3. Deliberate misappropriation of community assets by one spouse may be charged against that spouse's share (§2602)
  4. The court may award a community asset to one party on economic circumstances, offset by other assets, to effect a net equal division (§2601)
  5. In small estates the court may award all community property to one party where the net value is less than the statutory threshold (§2604)

Statute / Authority

Citation: Cal. Fam. Code §§760, 2550 ↗

Source: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/

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California Community Property

California's community property system presumes all property acquired during marriage while domiciled in the state is community property (Fam. Code §760) and requires the community estate to be divided equally at dissolution (§2550). Separate property — owned before marriage or acquired by gift or inheritance — is not divided. Courts may deviate from the equal division only in limited statutory circumstances, such as the parties' agreement, deliberate misappropriation of community assets, or very small estates.

Citation: Cal. Fam. Code §§760, 2550

Source: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/

Last updated: 2026-07-23T00:37:19.623200

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