Category: Community Property

Community Property – Checklist Basic Presumptions [you MUST put this at the top of EVERY community property essay] California is a community property state. All property acquired during the marriage is presumed to be CP, while all property acquired before marriage or after permanent separation, or by gift or inheritance is presumed to be SP.…

COMMUNITY PROPERTY BASIC PRESUMPTIONS California is a community property state. All property acquired during the marriage is presumed to be CP, while all property acquired before marriage or after permanent separation, or by gift or inheritance is presumed to be SP. Property acquired in a SP state by either H or W before they became…

Basic Principles – “CA is a community property state. In CA, there is a CP presumption that all assets acquired during the marriage are presumptively CP. There are some areas of SP: property owned by either spouse before marriage, property acquired during marriage by gift, will, or inheritance, property acquired during marriage with the expenditure…