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Family Code § 2603.5

PART 4. SPECIAL RULES FOR DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ESTATE

Current as of September 28, 2026Fam. Code, § 2603.5Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 299, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.

The court may, if there is a judgment for civil damages for an act of domestic violence perpetrated by one spouse against the other spouse, enforce that judgment against the abusive spouse’s share of community property, if a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties is pending prior to the entry of final judgment.