For purposes of this chapter, “nonparticipant spouse” means the spouse or the former spouse of the participant, who as a result of petitioning the court for the division of community property, has been awarded a portion of the allocations to the participant’s account during the marriage to the participant.
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Section 22970.71, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=22970.71.
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