California · Family Code

FAM §2601: Where economic circumstances warrant, the court may award an asset of the community estate to one party on such conditions as the court deems proper to effect a substantially equal division of the com

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Courts may award community property assets to one spouse conditionally to achieve an equal division of marital assets when economic circumstances justify it.

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Where economic circumstances warrant, the court may award an asset of the community estate to one party on such conditions as the court deems proper to effect a substantially equal division of the community estate.

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