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The New Lawyer Q&A

May 20, 2008

Question 5

Community Property/Quasi-Community Property


      Community Property/Quasi-Community Property
      California is a community property ("CP") state. All property acquired during a valid marriage is presumed to be CP. At divorce, the spouses are each entitled to a one-half interest of CP. All property acquired before marriage or after permanent separation is presumed to be separate property ("SP"). Courts trace back to the source of the funds used t...

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