§ 850 Spousal Property Transmutation Rules

Family Code·California

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•Married people can change who owns what between them.
•They can turn shared stuff into one person's stuff, or one person's stuff into shared stuff.
•They can also give their own stuff to the other person.

Example

A husband and wife own a house together. The wife wants the house to be only hers.

They can agree to change the house from shared property to just the wife's property.

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§ 850 Spousal Property Transmutation Rules

Subject to Sections 851 to 853, inclusive, married persons may by agreement or transfer, with or without consideration, do any of the following: (a) Transmute community property to separate property of either spouse. (b) Transmute separate property of either spouse to community property. (c) Transmute separate property of one spouse to separate property of the other spouse. (Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

Last verified: January 21, 2026

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married persons transmute community property separate property

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Family Code. Section 850.

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