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The Differences of a High Net Asset Divorce
What makes the high net asset divorce different? In these divorces there are likely multiple assets and asset classes each …
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Right Of Reimbursement Survives Premarital Agreement And Quitclaim Deed
The case of Marriage of Carpenter, 2002 DJDAR 8219 was decided July 22, 2002. The case involved the appeal of …
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Retirement Benefits Purchased During Marriage: Community Or Separate?
Here is what happened: Husband served in the United States Air Force for four years prior to marriage. Thereafter, he …
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Reimbursement to the Community for Educational Loan Payments
California Family Code, section 2641 sets forth the conditions under which a spouse must reimburse the community for educational loan …
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Recovering The Separate Property Funds You Brought Into The Marriage
What you had before you got married is yours, not your spouse’s, not the community’s, yours. Sounds simple, right? If …
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Put Your Tax Refund to Work
In 2014, the average tax refund was about $2,700. If you got that much this year, what would you do …
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Purchasing A Home After Divorce Just Got Easier
For some, love fades away and Marriages end. However, the mortgage you agreed to when you were married remains your …
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Property Division is 50/50.. Most of the Time
California is a community property state, meaning the Equitable Division rule divides marital property equally between spouses, however, exceptions exist. …
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Property Division In California
The purpose of California property division laws is to make sure that California marital property is allocated equally to each …
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Prenuptial Agreements
Prenuptial Agreements (prenups) can protect you from your spouse’s debts, determine how your assets are passed on if you should …
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Nonmarital Cohabitation Disputes
California does not have a common law marriage statute. No matter how long a couple lives together is a marriage …
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Military Retirement Pay
In 1981, the United States Supreme Court, in McCarthy v. McCarthy, held that the state courts could not divide federal …
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Is Your Spouse Hiding Assets?
One often wonders once a Petition for Dissolution has been filed, or perhaps before it is filed, “Is my spouse …
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Is It Separate Property Or Community Property?
This was the question in a recent case from First Appellate District that was on appeal from Contra Costa County. …
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Husband And Wife Are Subject To The General Rules Governing Fiduciary Relationships
In the case of In Re Marriage of Lange, 2002 DJDAR 11031 the Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of …
