What is the test for splitting the community property and the quasi-community property in a divorce action?

A recent appellate decision holds that, in order to divide the community property and the quasi-community property equally, the trial court must make specific findings of fact in a divorce action. (See In re Marriage of Lopez (1974) 38 Cal.App.3d 93, 107, 113 Cal.Rptr. 58.) It [43 Cal.App.3d 1046] appears to us, however, that this case places an improper reliance upon May v. May (1969) 275 Cal.App.2d 264, 79 Cal.Rptr. 622, which was decided prior to the effective date of

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