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Cal. Family Code § 1500 (2026)

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The property rights of spouses prescribed by statute may be altered by a premarital agreement or other marital property agreement.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2023 · leading case: Sturm v. Moyer, 243 Cal. Rptr. 3d 556 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2019).

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Sturm v. Moyer, 243 Cal. Rptr. 3d 556 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2019). “Family Code section 1500 also authorizes the use of a premarital agreement to change the character of property acquired during marriage.”

Gamache v. Smurro, 2006 VT 67 (Vt. 2006). “; Cal. Fam. Code § 1500 . ¶ 9. In this case, there is a basic conflict between the terms of the prenuptial agreement, as interpreted by husband, and the later deed conveying the title of the property jointly to husband and wife “as community property.”

David Folsom v. Gerald Davis, 513 F. App'x 651 (9th Cir. 2013). “See Cal. Fam.Code § 1500 (“The property rights of husband and wife prescribed by statute may be altered by a premarital agreement or other marital property agreement.”

Sturm v. Moyer (Cal. Ct. App. 2019). “6 The UPAA provides that the parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to various issues, including: “[t]he rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property[7] of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or 6 Family Code section…”

Thompson v. Thompson CA1/1 (Cal. Ct. App. 2023). “’]; see also Fam. Code, § 1500 [‘The property rights of husband and wife prescribed by statute may be altered by a premarital agreement or other marital property agreement’].”

Salven v. Nijjar (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2020). ““A transmutation of real or personal property is not valid 10 unless made in writing by an express declaration that is made, joined 11 in, consented to, or accepted by the spouse whose interest in the 12 property is adversely affected.”

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