What is the test for a state to exercise its police power in a dissolution of a marriage?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Marriage of Berentsen, In re, 171 Cal.App.3d 137, 215 Cal.Rptr. 299 (Cal. App. 1985):
The law is well-settled that the state may exercise its police power in furtherance of its paramount interest in the equitable distribution of marital property upon the dissolution of marriage even if the exercise of such power deprives a party of vested rights. (In re Marriage of Bouquet (1976) 16 Cal.3d 583, 593, 128 Cal.Rptr. 427, 546 P.2d 1371; Addison v. Addison (1965) 62 Cal.2d 558, 566, 43 Cal.Rptr. 97, 399 P.2d 897.)
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