Section 2603 Of Part 4. Special Rules For Division Of Community Estate From California Family Law Code >> Division 7. >> Part 4.
2603
. (a) "Community estate personal injury damages" as used in
this section means all money or other property received or to be
received by a person in satisfaction of a judgment for damages for
the person's personal injuries or pursuant to an agreement for the
settlement or compromise of a claim for the damages, if the cause of
action for the damages arose during the marriage but is not separate
property as described in Section 781, unless the money or other
property has been commingled with other assets of the community
estate.
(b) Community estate personal injury damages shall be assigned to
the party who suffered the injuries unless the court, after taking
into account the economic condition and needs of each party, the time
that has elapsed since the recovery of the damages or the accrual of
the cause of action, and all other facts of the case, determines
that the interests of justice require another disposition. In such a
case, the community estate personal injury damages shall be assigned
to the respective parties in such proportions as the court determines
to be just, except that at least one-half of the damages shall be
assigned to the party who suffered the injuries.