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Do I Need a Prenuptial or Postnuptial Agreement?

The standard recital at a wedding asks partners to be faithful for better or worse until death do thee part. Many times this verbal agreement is broken and a divorce takes place. In a divorce, finances are discussed and divided according to the state laws or according to any written Pre or Postnuptial agreement made […]

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Is My House Separate or Community Property in California Divorces?

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Community Property, Divorce, Family Law

Is my house separate or community Property? In two recent California cases, that old cliché that “you better get it in writing” (perhaps one of the most repeated pieces of legal advice ever tendered) were borne out, yet again. Separate Property Transmuted to Community Property In In re Marriage of Holtemann (2008) 162 Cal.App.4th 1175, […]