The Financial Divorce Blog » Community Property http://financialdivorceblog.com An Expert Blog for Financial Divorce Knowledge Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:35:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Divorce Information Tips and Strategies to Protect Your Finances http://financialdivorceblog.com/2009/12/divorce-information-tips-and-strategies/ http://financialdivorceblog.com/2009/12/divorce-information-tips-and-strategies/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:03:02 +0000 Dkane http://financialdivorceblog.com/?p=436 No one goes into their marriage thinking that they are going to have to pull things apart and pick-up the sometimes unfamiliar role of managing their finances. To some, this is what they are used to dealing with and to others, it becomes a very stressful task that is piled onto an already stressful [...]]]> http://financialdivorceblog.com/2009/12/divorce-information-tips-and-strategies/feed/ 1 Community Property vs. Equitable Property Rules in Divorce http://financialdivorceblog.com/2009/06/community-property-vs-equitable-property-rule-in-divorce/ http://financialdivorceblog.com/2009/06/community-property-vs-equitable-property-rule-in-divorce/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:33:41 +0000 Dakane http://financialdivorceblog.com/?p=61 Nine states are Community Property states:

Arizona California Idaho Louisiana Nevada New Mexico Texas Washington Wisconsin

In contrast, other states follow an Equitable property distribution. Both terms are described below.

Community Property

Community property states consider all property as being in two categories:  separate property or community property.  Separate property doesn’t need to be split at the time of divorce but community property does. 

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