Questions tagged [community-property]
In the simplest terms, community property refers to the property shared between two spouses in certain states within the United States.
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Life insurance payout - community property or separate property?
In a community property state (e.g., California, Texas), if one spouse receives a life insurance payout from the death of their parent during the marriage, and then they divorce, does the payout ...
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Does adding a title to a separate property render that a community property?
For community property states (e.g. California), does adding a title of a spouse render a separate property a community property? Why or why not? Thanks.
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Does paying taxes and insurance for a separate property using post-marriage income render the separate property a community property?
For community property states (e.g. California), if I have two properties, one is separate and one is community. Does paying taxes, insurance, or ADU/remodeling costs for my separate property using ...
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For community property that is to be divided equally during divorce, can I pay my spouse the equal amount instead of selling my house?
If I have a real property in community property states (e.g. California) that is to be divided equally during divorce, can I pay my spouse that equal amount instead of selling my real property? Could ...
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Purchase property before marriage, but both spouses now live in the same property
In community property states (e.g. California), if I purchase a real property before marriage, that is separate property. But if I'm married and I and my spouse now live in that property I bought ...
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Impact of transfer title of community property to someone else on community property status
For community property states like California or Texas, if I have a real property acquired after marriage, then as far as I know, the property is considered community property.
If during the course of ...
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Community property without spouse title
In community property states such as California and Texas, I know all all property acquired after marriage belongs to both spouses equally, however, if a property was acquired after marriage when that ...
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Community property
In a community property state (TX), if a spouse dies, must the community home be sold so that so value can be distributed as stated in a will?
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In a community property state can one spouse sell property they owned before marriage and buy another property and keep still keep it separately owned
I've tried finding an answer to this specific question but couldn't. I think in fairness that property or money owned before marriage would still remain the person's own separate property even if they ...
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Divorced mom pays mortgage. She wants to get title in her name
A divorced mom pays the mortgage on and lives in a house, but the house title is in both parents' names. The father is gone. The mom wants to move, but can't sell the house.
How can the mom get the ...
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Could a poorer partner end up paying a richer partner in a divorce in a community property state?
Let's say that just before a marriage, the rich partner (RP) has a net worth of $10 million, and the poorer partner (PP) has a net worth of $1 million (and this is documented). They are in a community ...
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Married couple moving from a common law state to a community property state: California and Washington approach this differently?
If a married couple moves from a common law state to a community property state, do the properties they acquired after marriage (other than some prescribed exceptions) become their community property?
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Leasing of community land
With the spirit of protecting community lands from private investors and other government actors, The Kenyan Constitution (2010) demanded for a community land law. This law was formulated in 2016 as ...
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Home community and separate property
Say I buy a home that is worth 200k and I pay down 100k principal of the loan before marriage. After marriage I continue to pay the mortgage.
Is what I pay for the mortgage considered community ...
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Can you avoid the division of debt during a divorce (Arizona community property laws)?
The context is in USA, AZ and with regard AZ community property laws.
Say spouse A gets a credit card and racks up debt on the card without Spouse B's knowledge or consent. The couple had the income ...
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