California Code
CHAPTER 9 - Community Property
Section 22960.79.

22960.79. A nonparticipant spouse who is entitled to a distribution for retirement that equals or exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), may elect to receive the distribution in one of the following forms:

(a) A single lump-sum payment.

(b) Substantially level installment payments for a period of years that extends no longer than the life expectancy of the participant.

(c) A single life annuity.

(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 820, Sec. 11. Effective September 25, 1998.)