Assets must be distributed between divorcing spouses equitably, but this does not always mean a 50-50 split.
Instead, the statute provides that division of community property must be a just and right division, as referenced above.
There may justifiable reasons for a disproportionate division of the estate in favor of one spouse over the other, especially when one spouse will be a custodial parent, there is an income disparity, a fault-based grounds for divorce, and/or a party possesses separate property of considerable value.