{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"4321","citation":"Fam. Code, § 4321","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500. - 5700.905.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9"},{"name":"PART 3. SPOUSAL SUPPORT [4300. - 4360.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Factors to be Considered in Ordering Support [4320. - 4326.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9/part-3/chapter-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 141.5.   Effective January 1, 1994.","effective":"1994-01-01","html":"<p>In a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties, the court may deny support to a party out of the separate property of the other party in any of the following circumstances:</p><p>(a) The party has separate property, or is earning the party’s own livelihood, or there is community property or quasi-community property sufficient to give the party proper support.</p><p>(b) The custody of the children has been awarded to the other party, who is supporting them.</p>","text":"In a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties, the court may deny support to a party out of the separate property of the other party in any of the following circumstances: (a) The party has separate property, or is earning the party’s own livelihood, or there is community property or quasi-community property sufficient to give the party proper support. (b) The custody of the children has been awarded to the other party, who is supporting them.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/factors-to-be-considered-in-ordering-support-4321","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}