Articles on Community Property


My Wife and I are Separated and I’m Now Dating Someone New, Is it True that the Money I’m Spending on my New Girlfriend is Community Property and my Ex is Entitled to Half?

My wife and I have been separated for 15 months. During this time we have had separate accounts. 8 months ago I began seeing another woman with my wife’s full knowledge. Now that we are finalizing our divorce she claims that any money spent on my new relationship is community property and she is entitled to half of it. True?

My Soon to be Ex wants to Sell the House my Children and I are Living in, Can he Do this?

My soon to be ex husband and his father own the house in which me and the children occupy. Well, they want to sell house. Do I have any rights in this matter? I don’t want to move. I don’t think it is in best interest of children to move. The house was bought during the marriage.

My Spouse has not Paid his Taxes for Several Years, Will that Affect my Assets also?

My husband owns a business from before we were married. He has not filed his business or personal taxes for at least 4 maybe 5 years. I was not aware of this situation until about a year after we were married. I own a rental property from before we were married. I have a CD worth $14,000 that I acquired after we were married but it was from my divorce settlement from 3 years prior. My questions are what will be in jeopardy as far as my assets, can there be a lein put on either of my houses, can they take my money?

Can your Spouse sign a Credit Application Without your Knowledge?

Can a wife sign her husbands name to a credit application without his knowledge?

I’ve been Paying my Ex’s Monthly Premiums for his Insurance Policy, Now That he’s Deceased Am I Entitled to any Compensation?

10 years ago my husband and I divorced. per the divorce decree he was to “maintain” an insurance policy that was in affect. He did NOT, so I made the monthly premiums myself. He is now deceased and his estate is being entered into probate.

My Ex and I Bought Property Together, But my Name isn’t on the Deed, Am I Entitled to any Profits from the Selling of the Property?

My Husband and I bought a house in Phoenix, Arizona. My credit was bad at the time of purchase so his name was solely on the Mortgage as well as the Deed. Before we divorced I paid the Mortgage and all bills by myself for two years and shared the Mortgage and all bills for an additional four years out of a total of eight years of ownership.

Can I Be Held Liable for my Spouse’s Debts?

Can a one spouse be held liable for the other spouse’s debts?

My Husband And I Purchased Our Property Before We Married, But Its Under My Husband’s Name, What Are My Rights?

Although we weren’t married at the time the property was being purchased, we both contributed to the down payment. Everything was done in my husbands name only, and his name is the only name that appears on the mortgage.

I Took My Husband’s Money and Bought a House, Now I Can’t Find a Buyer for that House and I Need Money.

I left my husband and bought a house with money from his business, and hid it from him. Then I bought a second house, and hid that from him too. I’m being evicted from the second house and can’t find a buyer for the first house to pay off the second house. Have I commited fraud? What should I do?

Can My Ex Re-open Our Case and Come Back After My 401k and Pension?

I have been divorced for 3 years, my ex-wife contacted me and said that she was going to go back to court to try and get 1/2 my 401 K and pension. In the divorce agreement it states that I retain all rights to this. Can she reopen this after 3 years?

What Property Can I Take When I Leave the Marriage?

What property may I take when leaving my spouse?

Spouse’s Rights to Property Deeded as Separate Property in Community Property State

Just because a deed is in the name of “a married person, as their separate property” doesn’t necessarily mean that the property is really their separate property.