Is a cause of action for personal injury damages subject to division as community property?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Marriage of Pinto, In re, 104 Cal.Rptr. 371, 28 Cal.App.3d 86 (Cal. App. 1972):
Prior to the enactment of The Family Law Act, there was a division of opinion on the question of whether a 'cause of action' for personal injury damages was subject to division as community property. (See Washington v. Washington (1956) 47 Cal.2d 249, 302 P.2d 569; Zaragosa v. Craven
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