Section 781 Of Chapter 3. Damages For Injuries To Married Person From California Family Law Code >> Division 4. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3.
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. (a) Money or 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 those damages, is the separate property of
the injured person if the cause of action for the damages arose as
follows:
(1) After the entry of a judgment of dissolution of a marriage or
legal separation of the parties.
(2) While either spouse, if he or she is the injured person, is
living separate from the other spouse.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if the spouse of the injured
person has paid expenses by reason of the personal injuries from
separate property or from the community property, the spouse is
entitled to reimbursement of the separate property or the community
property for those expenses from the separate property received by
the injured person under subdivision (a).
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if one spouse has a cause of
action against the other spouse which arose during the marriage of
the parties, money or property paid or to be paid by or on behalf of
a party to the party's spouse of that marriage in satisfaction of a
judgment for damages for personal injuries to that spouse, or
pursuant to an agreement for the settlement or compromise of a claim
for the damages, is the separate property of the injured spouse.