Section 27402 Of Chapter 15. Community Property From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 14. >> Chapter 15.
27402
. (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of
a participant, the court shall include in the judgment or a court
order the date on which the parties separated.
(b) The court may order in the judgment or court order that the
participant's employee and employer credits in accounts which are
attributable to periods of participation in the plan during the
marriage be divided into separate nominal accounts in the name of the
participant and the nonparticipant spouse, respectively. Any
employee or employer account credits that are not explicitly awarded
by the judgment or court order shall be deemed the exclusive property
of the participant.
(c) The determination of the court of the community property
rights pursuant to this section shall be consistent with this chapter
and shall address the rights of the nonparticipant spouse,
including, but not limited to, retirement benefits, disability
benefits, death benefits, or termination of the benefits of the
participant.