California Government Code

§ 21290

GOV § 21290 Effective Jun 25, 2001Div. 5 · Title 2 · Part 3 · Ch. 13 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a member, the court shall include in the judgment or a court order the date on which the parties separated.

(b)If the community property is divided in accordance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2610 of the Family Code, the court shall order that the accumulated contributions and service credit attributable to periods of service during the marriage be divided into two separate and distinct accounts in the name of the member and the nonmember, respectively. Any service credit or accumulated contributions that are not explicitly awarded by the judgment or court order shall be deemed the exclusive property of the member.

(c)The court shall address the rights of the nonmember to the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 21, Sec. 11. Effective June 25, 2001. Applicable from January 1, 2000, by Sec. 37 of Ch. 21.