In re Marriage of Braendle

In In re Marriage of Braendle (1996) 46 Cal.App.4th 1037, a third party creditor obtained a judgment against one spouse while dissolution proceedings were pending. Nonetheless, the court held a later dissolution judgment protected property assigned to the nondebtor spouse because the third party debtor had not obtained a judgment lien against the property prior to entry of the dissolution judgment. "Once the marriage was dissolved and division of community property had occurred ... the provisions of section 916 of the Family Code control." (Id. at p. 1042.)