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HomeEducation CodeDiv. 1Pt. 13Ch. 12§ 22650 Domestic Partner Property Rights

§ 22650 Domestic Partner Property Rights

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§ 22650 Domestic Partner Property Rights

Key Takeaways

  • •When a married couple or registered domestic partners split up, the court can decide how to divide their retirement savings from certain plans.
  • •Both people in the couple have rights to the retirement money, even if only one person was working and saving in the plan.
  • •If domestic partners break up, the rules are the same as for married couples.

Example

A husband and wife decide to get a divorce. The husband has been saving money in a retirement plan at work, but the wife stayed home to take care of the kids and didn’t save in a plan.

The court can decide that the wife gets some of the money from the husband’s retirement plan, even though she didn’t work there. This is because the money saved during their marriage belongs to both of them.

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§ 22650 Domestic Partner Property Rights

(a) This chapter establishes the power of a court in a dissolution of marriage or legal separation action with respect to community property rights in accounts with the plan under this part and establishes and defines the rights of nonmember spouses and nonmember registered domestic partners in the plan under this part. (b) For purposes of this chapter, the termination, dissolution, or nullity of a registered domestic partnership, or the legal separation of partners in a registered domestic partnership, as provided in Section 299 of the Family Code, shall be treated in the same manner as a dissolution of marriage or legal separation of a member and his or her spouse. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 418, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

dissolution of marriagelegal separationcommunity property rightsnonmember spousesnonmember registered domestic partnersregistered domestic partnership

Related Statutes

  • § 27400 Community Property Benefit Rights
  • § 27402 Retirement Account Division Rules
  • § 22666 Retirement Benefits Division Rules
  • § 17000 State School Building Lease-Purchase
  • § 17001 School Building Safety Standards

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 22650.
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