Can a spouse who believes that community property has not been adjudicated in a prior dissolution proceeding bring a separate civil action?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Jones v. Hilliker, E056953 (Cal. App. 2014):

"Prior to enactment of former Civil Code section 4353, a spouse who believed that community property had not been adjudicated in a prior dissolution proceeding was required to bring a separate civil action. (Henn v. Henn (1980) 26 Cal.3d 323, 330-332 [ ].) 'There are no reported decisions that have held that a community property claim to an asset left unmentioned in a prior judicial division of community property may be adjudicated in a motion to modify the prior decree. The only reported decisions that

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