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DID YOU KNOW BY ATTORNEY F.M. ZAVALA
F.C. §770 Separate Property Defined In general, property owned by a spouse is that spouse’s separate property if it falls into one of the...
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(a)Except on written agreement of the parties to the contrary or a court order terminating spousal support, the court retains...
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Community property is defined under current law as “all property, real or personal, wherever situated, acquired by a married person...
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If spouses own property as true tenants in common or as true joint tenants, each has sole control of a one-half undivided interest in the...
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F.C. 770 Separate property of a married person includes all of the following: (1) All property owned by the person before marriage. (2)...
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“Valid marriage” means a marriage that is valid under the law of the state (which includes any foreign country) in which the marriage was...
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A spouse’s name does not change upon marriage, unless the name change is expressly requested. F.C. 306.5
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There are only two absolute prohibitions on the right to marry in California: the prohibitions against bigamy and incest, the purported...
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The ability to waive spousal support as part of a premarital agreement now is allowed, as illustrated in In re Marriage of Pendleton &...
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Notwithstanding the general rules for characterization and division of community property, a spouse is entitled to an award of all of his...
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“Date of separation” means the date that a complete and final break in the marital relationship has occurred, as evidenced by both of the...
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UNMARRIED COUPLES HAVE NO COMMUNITY PROPERTY RIGHTS With the exception of registered domestic partners, the community property laws do...
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Surviving Spouse’s Rights to Community Property When one spouse dies, the surviving spouse is entitled to one-half of the community...
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