California · Family Code

FAM §2604: If the net value of the community estate is less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and one party cannot be located through the exercise of reasonable diligence, the court may award all the community

What this law says, in plain English

When community property is worth less than $5,000 and one party cannot be found despite reasonable efforts, the court may award all the property to the locatable party.

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If the net value of the community estate is less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and one party cannot be located through the exercise of reasonable diligence, the court may award all the community estate to the other party on conditions the court deems proper in its judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties.

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