A QDRO is a court order directing a retirement plan to divide benefits between the account holder and a former spouse.

Watts charges and Epstein credits are financial adjustments for how spouses use or pay for property after separation.

Moore Marsden is the formula for how much of a home bought before marriage with separate funds belongs to the community.

The part of a pension or deferred compensation plan earned during marriage is community property and divided by a time rule.

Spouses owe each other the highest duty of good faith and fair dealing during marriage and throughout divorce.

Intellectual property created during marriage is generally community property, and its royalties usually are too.

Since 2019, California courts must consider a pet’s care and wellbeing, not just treat it as property, in a divorce.

The Van Camp formula apportions a separate business whose growth came mainly from capital or market forces, not a spouse’s work.

The Pereira formula apportions growth in a spouse’s separate business during marriage, mainly when it came from that spouse’s work.