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Family Code § 2604

PART 4. SPECIAL RULES FOR DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ESTATE

Current as of September 28, 2026Fam. Code, § 2604Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.

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.