If you're married or in a civil partnership, money
in a joint account belongs to both of you equally.
In the nine community property states, half the money
in a joint account belongs to each spouse — and each spouse is generally entitled to reimbursement of his half as part of the property settlement.
Not exact matches
Separate property states maintain that assets owned before the marriage or acquired during the marriage, but housed
in an
account separate from the
joint account,
belong only to the authorized user.
It's not a
joint account but rather a separate IRA set up
in the spouse's name and
belonging exclusively to that spouse.
Joint account also means there's an ambiguity about what
belongs to whom and is transferred
in what direction.
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If you're splitting up having lived together, money you have
in joint accounts for household bills or similar would be assumed to
belong to both of you
in equal shares.
if you're separating from your partner, divorcing or dissolving your civil partnership, money
in a
joint savings
account belongs to each of you equally, unless a court decides differently.