Legal Question in Family Law in California

Re: Divorce

Well, generally community property does begin to be created upon marriage.

Family Code Section 760 states "Except as otherwise provided by statute, all property, real or personal, wherever situated, acquired by a married person during the marriage while domiciled in this state is community property."

Everything else, logically, is the separate property of the parties. As for acquiring a "percentage" interest in the other partie's separate property [such as a house], if community property is applied [for example, used to pay a mortgage or improve the separate property], one can figure out mathematically some percentage of community interest in the separate property.

Hope this helps.