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
§ 913.
(a) The separate property of a married person is liable for
a debt incurred by the person before or during marriage.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute:
(1) The separate property of a married person is not liable
for a debt incurred by the person's spouse before or during marriage.
(2) The joinder or consent of a married person to an
encumbrance of community estate property to secure payment of a debt incurred
by the person's spouse does not subject the person's separate property to
liability for the debt unless the person also incurred the
debt.