Do you live in a community property divorce state?
I do actually. It can cause some different reasons for people to be married or divorced
How so?
People may choose to continue with a marriage despite infidelity
Why is that different from a non community property state?
well in a non community property state you don't have to give away property to a spouse if it was yours prior to the marriage
So, in a community property state when you marry everything you have prior to marriage becomes communiity property?
Community property
Community property (United States) or Community of Property (South Africa) is a marital property regime under which most property acquired by a spouse during a marriage (except for gifts or inheritances), is owned jointly by both spouses and is divided upon divorce, annulment or the death of a spouse. Community property is premised on the theory that marriage creates an economic community between the spouses (who may be same- or opposite-sex); and that the marital property attaches to that interpersonal community, rather
important to recognize that there are two types of state laws that govern divorceequitable distribution, practiced by 41 states, and community property, practiced in some variation by 9 states. An agreement written in a community property state may not be designed to govern what occurs in an equitable distribution state and vice versa. It may be necessary to retain attorneys in both states to cover the possible eventuality that the parties may live in a state other than the state they were married. Often people have more than one home in different states or