Family Code section 780 Your Family Is In Good Hands

California Family Code

Family Code section 780

CHAPTER 3. Damages for Injuries to Married Person [780 - 783]

( Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. )

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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