{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"913","citation":"Fam. Code, § 913","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DURING MARRIAGE [700. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-4"},{"name":"PART 3. LIABILITY OF MARITAL PROPERTY [900. - 1000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-4/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. General Rules of Liability [910. - 916.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-4/part-3/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.   Operative January 1, 1994.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) The separate property of a married person is liable for a debt incurred by the person before or during marriage.</p><p>(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute:</p><p>(1) The separate property of a married person is not liable for a debt incurred by the person’s spouse before or during marriage.</p><p>(2) The joinder or consent of a married person to an encumbrance of community estate property to secure payment of a debt incurred by the person’s spouse does not subject the person’s separate property to liability for the debt unless the person also incurred the debt.</p>","text":"(a) The separate property of a married person is liable for a debt incurred by the person before or during marriage. (b) Except as otherwise provided by statute: (1) The separate property of a married person is not liable for a debt incurred by the person’s spouse before or during marriage. (2) The joinder or consent of a married person to an encumbrance of community estate property to secure payment of a debt incurred by the person’s spouse does not subject the person’s separate property to liability for the debt unless the person also incurred the debt.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/general-rules-of-liability-913","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}