Category: Community Property

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 4,000 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? Read More …

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

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. Read More …

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. Read More …

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

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. Read More …

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? Read More …

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? Read More …

What property may I take when leaving my spouse? Read More …