Property division in a divorce depends on whether the state follows community property or common law rules. In community property states, most assets acquired during the marriage belong equally to ...

A divorce requires separating the assets that the couple acquired while married. Especially if spouses do not have a prenuptial agreement, they may need to navigate rules surrounding community ...

What do you get when community property rules mix with retirement plan rules? As one widow recently discovered, the two sets of rules don't always play nicely together. Processing Content In a recent ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Submit your questions to news@kplctv.com. Civil matters only, please. QUESTION: I bought a Mobile home and land. I put both in mine and my wife’s names. We divorced one year ...

If you live in a community property state, you may need to make certain adjustments to your tax return to satisfy this special ownership requirement. Community property is a type of joint ownership ...

Under Washington law, all property acquired by either spouse during their marriage is presumed to be community property. Property owned by a spouse prior to marriage or acquired during marriage by ...

Q. I had a condo prior to my second marriage. I remarried and had an attorney make out a will leaving the condo to my son. I sold the condo and bought a house in my name, using funds from the condo ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The new Florida Community Property Trust Act, which was ...

As our society becomes increasingly mobile, property issues become more and more complex. Joshua Rubenstein, of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, provided a comprehensive summary of the pressing concerns in ...