{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-101","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 101","heading":"","body":"(a) Upon the death of a person who is married or in a registered domestic partnership, and is domiciled in this state, one-half of the decedent’s quasi-community property belongs to the surviving spouse and the other one-half belongs to the decedent.\n(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), spouses may agree in writing to divide their quasi-community property on the basis of a non pro rata division of the aggregate value of the quasi-community property, or on the basis of a division of each individual item or asset of quasi-community property, or partly on each basis. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to require this written agreement in order to permit or recognize a non pro rata division of quasi-community property.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS [100. - 890.]","PART 1. EFFECT OF DEATH OF MARRIED PERSON ON COMMUNITY AND QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY [100. - 105.]"],"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":"910a0123e3d6e1e27e2950d9a347a8318ca478e026981d0130174115414745f7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-100","next":"us-ca/prob-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}