California Family Code

§ 2580

FAM § 2580 Effective Oct 6, 1993Div. 7 · Part 3

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:

(a)It is the public policy of this state to provide uniformly and consistently for the standard of proof in establishing the character of property acquired by spouses during marriage in joint title form, and for the allocation of community and separate interests in that property between the spouses.

(b)The methods provided by case and statutory law have not resulted in consistency in the treatment of spouses’ interests in property they hold in joint title, but rather, have created confusion as to which law applies to property at a particular point in time, depending on the form of title, and, as a result, spouses cannot have reliable expectations as to the characterization of their property and the allocation of the interests therein, and attorneys cannot reliably advise their clients regarding applicable law.

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Legislative history

Amended (as added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219) by Stats. 1993, Ch. 876, Sec. 15.2. Effective October 6, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 37 of Ch. 876.