(a) Unless the spouse lacks legal capacity under the applicable standard prescribed in subdivision (b), a spouse has legal capacity to:
- (1) Manage and control community property, including legal capacity to dispose of community property.
- (2) Join in or consent to a transaction involving community property.
(b) A spouse lacks legal capacity to:
- (1) Manage and control, including legal capacity to dispose of, community property if the spouse is substantially unable to manage or control the community property.
- (2) Join in or consent to a transaction involving community property if the spouse does not have legal capacity for the particular transaction measured by principles of law otherwise applicable to the particular transaction.
- (3) Do any act, or engage in any activity, described in paragraph (1) or (2) if the spouse has a conservator.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny a spouse, whether or not lacking legal capacity, any of the following:
- (1) The right to control an allowance provided under Section 2421.
- (2) The right to control wages or salary to the extent provided in Section 2601.
- (3) The right to make a will.
- (4) The right to enter into transactions to the extent reasonable to provide the necessities of life to the spouse, the other spouse, and the minor children of the spouses.