Where economic circumstances warrant, the court may award an asset of the community estate to one party on such conditions as the court deems proper to effect a substantially equal division of the community estate.
Cal. Fam. Code § 2601
SPECIAL RULES FOR DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ESTATE
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Roosevelt v. Ray (In Re Roosevelt) (1994)
Most recently applied in Smith v. Smith (In re Smith) (December 1998)
Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10
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