Legal Question in Family Law in California

Your situation is too complicated to give you any real guidance in this format. To point you in the right direction, though, assets and debts of the marriage are divided 50/50 for the most part. So if she gets the equity in the house, she will either have to give you assets worth half that equity, or she will have to take on debt worth half that equity. None of that has anything do do with income. She has some interest in your pension, but it doesn't necessarily have to be half your payment, especially if she is working and earning money. If you have a pension and real property it really is worth consulting with an attorney, even if they only advise you and you represent yourself. Unless you are very sophisticated, you'll need guidance to sort this out.

In a divorce, community property assets are supposed to be divided 50/50 as you write. Any money you pay outside of the division of assets in your case would be spousal support. The 1/2 of your retirement is a division of those assets which creates income to her and income to you. If she has additional income on top of that and you don't or you have measurably less, you may be entitled to an award of spousal support.