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?
Im sorry no, everything acquired during the marriage is communal.
So, then why would they be more reluctant to divorce in a community property state?
Manus marriage
Manus (; ) was an Ancient Roman type of marriage, of which there were two forms: cum manu and sine manu. In a cum manu marriage, the wife was placed under the legal control of the husband. In a sine manu marriage, the wife was still under the legal control of her father. 
In both cum manu and sine manu marriages, if both the husband and wife were "alieni iuris" (persons under "patria potestas", that is, under the power of his
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