CALIFORNIA CODES
CALIFORNIA FAMILY CODE
Division 4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DURING MARRIAGE
Part 3. LIABILITY OF MARITAL PROPERTY
Chapter 2. GENERAL RULES OF LIABILITY
Current through 2009
§ 915.
(a) For the purpose of this part, a child or spousal
support obligation of a married person that does not arise out of the marriage
shall be treated as a debt incurred before marriage, regardless of whether a
court order for support is made or modified before or during marriage and
regardless of whether any installment payment on the obligation accrues before
or during marriage.
(b) If property in the community estate is applied to the
satisfaction of a child or spousal support obligation of a married person that
does not arise out of the marriage, at a time when nonexempt separate income of
the person is available but is not applied to the satisfaction of the
obligation, the community estate is entitled to reimbursement from the person
in the amount of the separate income, not exceeding the property in the
community estate so applied.
(c) Nothing in this section limits the matters a court may
take into consideration in determining or modifying the amount of a support
order, including, but not limited to, the earnings of the spouses of the
parties.