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§ 780 — California Law | CourtGPT
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§ 780

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780. Except as provided in Section 781 and subject to the rules of allocation set forth in Section 2603, money and other property received or to be received by a married person in satisfaction of a judgment for damages for personal injuries, or pursuant to an agreement for the settlement or compromise of a claim for such damages, is community property if the cause of action for the damages arose during the marriage.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

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