California is a «community property» state, which means that
property acquired during a marriage by California spouses is generally considered the property of both parties and can be divided equally by a California court during a divorce.
This means that when a couple can not agree on the division of marital property, the court divides
most property acquired during the marriage fairly between the spouses, which does not always result in an equal division.
California is a community property state, so California divorce courts
divide property acquired during the marriage, except property a spouse acquired by gift or inheritance since this property is considered that spouse's separate property.
Community property is
property acquired during the marriage through the effort of either spouse, such as wages and employee benefit plans, property donated to the spouses jointly, and other property not classified as separate.
FL&NY are Equitable Distribution states, because their marriage laws developed from English Common Law and they have adopted new laws in the twentieth century to ensure equitable division
of property acquired during marriage.
Typically, spousal support is awarded upon the request of either spouse and only after the court has made an equitable distribution of the couple's marital property, which is
most property acquired during the marriage.
This contract sets out the property and financial rights of each party both during and after the marriage (i.e. in case of a divorce), including issues like how to
divide property acquired during the marriage, property brought into the marriage by each person, and spousal support.
A Community Property state designates
any property acquired during the marriage and used by both spouses becomes the property of both.
Your spouse has the ability to give away any of their assets that are not community property (
property acquired during a marriage) to whomever they choose.
In California,
property acquired during the marriage is considered community property, and should be divided between spouses accordingly.
Florida is an equitable distribution state, meaning that we start with the presumption of a 50/50 split of «marital property» (
all property acquired during the marriage).
Property acquired during the marriage is assumed to be marital property unless proven otherwise.
As the title implies, equitable distribution contemplates the fair division of
property acquired during a marriage.
In an «equitable distribution» state,
all property acquired during the marriage is «marital property» and all property owned before the marriage is «non-marital» property.
The community property presumption is that
all property acquired during the marriage by either spouse (while a resident of the state) is community property, including real estate and personal property.
Montana law recognizes that spouses who work as homemakers and spouses who work outside the home both contribute to
the property acquired during the marriage.
Any property acquired during the marriage is classified as marital property.
Regardless of how it is titled, marital property is identified as
all property acquired during the marriage.
You understand that absent a prenuptial agreement, in New York, the courts assume that
all property acquired during a marriage is marital.
California law presumes that
all property acquired during the marriage by either spouse — while a resident of the state — is community property.
Still, the law creates a presumption that
property acquired during the marriage is marital property, so if a spouse wants to overcome that presumption, he or she bears the burden of producing sufficient credible evidence.
The California default rule is that
all property acquired during marriage from work or earnings is community property.
Each spouse keeps his or her separate property and the court divides
the property acquired during the marriage on an equitable basis.
Marital Property — Essentially,
any property you acquire during your marriage up until the date of separation is marital property.
In short, any marital property (
property acquired during the marriage) is subject to division during a divorce.
Most
property acquired during a marriage is included in a couple's marital property, but some assets, including those acquired by gift or inheritance, are considered nonmarital property.
Marital property in Pennsylvania includes
any property acquired during the marriage — even if the property is titled in only one spouse's name.
Marital property is
all property acquired during the marriage, regardless of whose name is on the title.
California is a community property state, which means the law presumes
all property acquired during the marriage is...
If spouses can not agree, the court can divide much of
the property acquired during their marriage.
Marital property is
all property acquired during the marriage by either spouse, unless the property qualifies as separate property.