2013 California Code
Family Code - FAM
DIVISION 4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DURING MARRIAGE
PART 3. LIABILITY OF MARITAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 2. General Rules of Liability
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(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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
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