Section 916 Of Chapter 2. General Rules Of Liability From California Family Law Code >> Division 4. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, after
division of community and quasi-community property pursuant to
Division 7 (commencing with Section 2500):
(1) The separate property owned by a married person at the time of
the division and the property received by the person in the division
is liable for a debt incurred by the person before or during
marriage and the person is personally liable for the debt, whether or
not the debt was assigned for payment by the person's spouse in the
division.
(2) The separate property owned by a married person at the time of
the division and the property received by the person in the division
is not liable for a debt incurred by the person's spouse before or
during marriage, and the person is not personally liable for the
debt, unless the debt was assigned for payment by the person in the
division of the property. Nothing in this paragraph affects the
liability of property for the satisfaction of a lien on the property.
(3) The separate property owned by a married person at the time of
the division and the property received by the person in the division
is liable for a debt incurred by the person's spouse before or
during marriage, and the person is personally liable for the debt, if
the debt was assigned for payment by the person in the division of
the property. If a money judgment for the debt is entered after the
division, the property is not subject to enforcement of the judgment
and the judgment may not be enforced against the married person,
unless the person is made a party to the judgment for the purpose of
this paragraph.
(b) If property of a married person is applied to the satisfaction
of a money judgment pursuant to subdivision (a) for a debt incurred
by the person that is assigned for payment by the person's spouse,
the person has a right of reimbursement from the person's spouse to
the extent of the property applied, with interest at the legal rate,
and may recover reasonable attorney's fees incurred in enforcing the
right of reimbursement.