Examples of community property in a Sentence
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California is a community property state, meaning that assets are by default divided 50/50 in a divorce.
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Kyle Mullins, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
In community property states such as California, both halves of the property may get that step-up.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
If there is a surviving spouse, then the estate is divided into community property and separate property and distributed according to a complicated formula.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2023
With two or more children, the spouse gets all of the community property and one-third of the separate property, with the children sharing the rest.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
Can personal property, such as stocks and bonds, also be held as community property with right of survivorship?
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023
Colonists paid fees and membership dues and in return would get 5 acres, a house and the use of community property, such as horses and agricultural machinery.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
Answer: The benefits of spouses holding title to a home as community property with right of survivorship are probably only available for a home or other real property.
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023
When a guardian of the estate is ordered for a ward who is married, then the spouse is supposed to turn over half of the community property to the guardian, including bank accounts and investment accounts.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
Kyle Mullins, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
In community property states such as California, both halves of the property may get that step-up.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
If there is a surviving spouse, then the estate is divided into community property and separate property and distributed according to a complicated formula.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2023
With two or more children, the spouse gets all of the community property and one-third of the separate property, with the children sharing the rest.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
Can personal property, such as stocks and bonds, also be held as community property with right of survivorship?
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023
Colonists paid fees and membership dues and in return would get 5 acres, a house and the use of community property, such as horses and agricultural machinery.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
Answer: The benefits of spouses holding title to a home as community property with right of survivorship are probably only available for a home or other real property.
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023
When a guardian of the estate is ordered for a ward who is married, then the spouse is supposed to turn over half of the community property to the guardian, including bank accounts and investment accounts.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
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“Community property.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20property. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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