CALIFORNIA CODES
CALIFORNIA FAMILY CODE
Division 4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DURING MARRIAGE
Part 2. CHARACTERIZATION OF MARITAL PROPERTY
Chapter 3. DAMAGES FOR INJURIES TO MARRIED PERSON
Current through 2009
§ 780.
Except as provided in Section 781 and subject to the rules of allocation set forth in Section 2603, money and other property received or to be received by a married person in satisfaction of a judgment for damages for personal injuries, or pursuant to an agreement for the settlement or compromise of a claim for such damages, is community property if the cause of action for the damages arose during the marriage.
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