California Government Code ARTICLE 8.4 - Community Property

• Section 31685.
  (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a member, after joining the retirement system as a party to the proceeding pursuant to Chapter...
• Section 31685.01.
  Benefits enumerated in this article shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of...
• Section 31685.1.
  “Nonmember,” as used in this article, means the spouse or former spouse, or child or other dependent as ordered by the court, of a member,...
• Section 31685.2.
  (a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account shall have the right to a refund of the accumulated contributions and interest credited in the separate...
• Section 31685.3.
  (a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account may redeposit accumulated contributions and interest previously refunded to the member in accordance with the determination of...
• Section 31685.4.
  (a) The nonmember shall have the right to purchase service credit pursuant to the determination of the court required by Section 31685.(b) The nonmember may purchase only...
• Section 31685.5.
  A nonmember shall be retired upon his or her written application to the board if all of the following conditions are met:(a) The member or nonmember...
• Section 31685.6.
  Retirement shall be effective and the retirement allowance shall begin to accrue as of the date designated in the nonmember’s application as the effective date...
• Section 31685.7.
  (a) If the nonmember retires before the member retires, “final compensation” means the highest average annual compensation earnable by the member during the three consecutive years,...
• Section 31685.8.
  A nonmember entitled to receive a retirement allowance shall receive a retirement allowance based on the service retirement formula applicable to the service credited to...
• Section 31685.9.
  If a member becomes disabled, the combined benefit payments to both the member and nonmember shall not exceed the amount that would otherwise be paid...
• Section 31685.95.
  (a) Under no circumstances shall a retirement plan be required to make payments in any manner that will result in an increase in the amount of...
• Section 31685.96.
  (a) The age factor applicable to the nonmember shall be based on the age of the nonmember at the time of his or her retirement.(b) The board...
• Section 31685.97.
  This article shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, make this article...

Last modified: October 22, 2018