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DIVISION 4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DURING MARRIAGE 700-1620›PART 2. CHARACTERIZATION OF MARITAL PROPERTY 760-853›CHAPTER 5. Transmutation of Property 850-853

§ 850

California Family Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Subject to Sections 851 to 853, inclusive, married persons may by agreement or transfer, with or without consideration, do any of the following:

(a) Transmute community property to separate property of either spouse.

(b) Transmute separate property of either spouse to community property.

(c) Transmute separate property of one spouse to separate property of the other spouse.

(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

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