After entry of a judgment of legal separation of the parties, the earnings or accumulations of each party are the separate property of the party acquiring the earnings or accumulations.
Cal. Fam. Code § 772
Separate Property
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Minasyan v. Gonzales (2005)
Most recently applied in 220 Cal. Rptr. 3d 510 - Irvin v. Contra Costa Cnty. Employees' Ret. Ass'n (June 2017)
Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10
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