{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-913","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 913","heading":"","body":"(a) The separate property of a married person is liable for a debt incurred by the person before or during marriage.\n(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute:\n(1) The separate property of a married person is not liable for a debt incurred by the person’s spouse before or during marriage.\n(2) The joinder or consent of a married person to an encumbrance of community estate property to secure payment of a debt incurred by the person’s spouse does not subject the person’s separate property to liability for the debt unless the person also incurred the debt.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DURING MARRIAGE [700. - 1620.]","PART 3. LIABILITY OF MARITAL PROPERTY [900. - 1000.]","CHAPTER 2. General Rules of Liability [910. - 916.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"f1ba8445ed64d943e8a8375b307f2f107e36c7e4fe6ec5500ae57f7a567f649e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-912","next":"us-ca/fam-914"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}