California Family Code 770 – (a) Separate property of a married person includes all of the …
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(a) Separate property of a married person includes all of the following:
(1) All property owned by the person before marriage.
Terms Used In California Family Code 770
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Family Code 105
- Property: includes real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Family Code 113
- Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by Section 297. See California Family Code 143
(2) All property acquired by the person after marriage by gift, bequest, devise, or descent.
(3) The rents, issues, and profits of the property described in this section.
(b) A married person may, without the consent of the person’s spouse, convey the person’s separate property.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)