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.

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Terms Used In California Family Code 4321

  • Property: includes real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Family Code 113
  • Quasi-community property: means all real or personal property, wherever situated, acquired before or after the operative date of this code in any of the following ways:

    California Family Code 125

  • Support: refers to a support obligation owing on behalf of a child, spouse, or family, or an amount owing pursuant to Section 17402. See California Family Code 150

(b) The custody of the children has been awarded to the other party, who is supporting them.

(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 141.5. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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