Family Code section 2601

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.

Source: Section 2601, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=2601. (updated Jan. 1, 1994; accessed Jun. 26, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/family_code_section_2601

Original Source: Section 2601, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=2601. (last accessed May 12, 2025).