Section 75551 Of Article 3. Community Property From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 11.5. >> Article 3.
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. (a) If a member's marriage is dissolved or a member and his
or her spouse are legally separated while the member is an active
judge, the court shall make the following determinations:
(1) The number of years of service that accrued during the
marriage of the member and nonmember, down to the date of their
separation.
(2) The date of the parties' separation.
(3) If the member had been a judge for fewer than five years on
the date of separation, the court shall determine the member's and
nonmember's shares of the judge's contributions to the fund, based on
Section 2610 of the Family Code, and on the law generally applicable
to property earned during marriage.
(4) If the member had been a judge for five years or more on the
date of separation, the court shall determine the member's and
nonmember's shares of the judge's monetary credits that have accrued
pursuant to Section 75520, based on Section 2610 of the Family Code,
and on the law generally applicable to property earned during
marriage. The monetary credits include the credits computed pursuant
to subdivision (b) of Section 75520 computed to the date the court
finds appropriate.
(b) The determinations made pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) and
pursuant to paragraph (3) or (4) of subdivision (a) shall be
included in the judgment of dissolution or separation. The system
shall deem any portion of the judge's contributions or of the judge's
monetary credits that were not allocated by the judgment to the
nonmember, to be allocated to the member.
(c) Promptly after receiving a certified copy of a judgment
dissolving the marriage of a member or legally separating a member
and nonmember and allocating shares of the member's contributions
pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), the fund shall pay to
the nonmember the amount allocated to him or her in the judgment. The
nonmember shall have no further interest in the fund.
(d) Promptly after receiving a certified copy of a judgment
dissolving the marriage of a member or legally separating a member
and nonmember and allocating shares of the member's monetary credits
pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a), the fund shall pay to
the nonmember the amount allocated to him or her in the judgment. The
nonmember shall have no further interest in the fund.
(e) The amount of the payment pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d)
shall be subtracted from the member's monetary credits as computed
pursuant to Section 75520. Until the amount is redeposited pursuant
to Section 75552, the additional credits accorded pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 75520 shall be computed on the amount so
reduced.