Family Code section 2602

As an additional award or offset against existing property, the court may award, from a party’s share, the amount the court determines to have been deliberately misappropriated by the party to the exclusion of the interest of the other party in the community estate.

Source: Section 2602, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=2602. (updated Jan. 1, 1994; accessed Oct. 13, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/family_code_section_2602

Original Source: Section 2602, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=2602. (last accessed May 12, 2025).