Cases and Materials on California Community Property

Download or read book Cases and Materials on California Community Property written by Gail Boreman Bird and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the historical development of the community property concept. Also introduces basic classification principles, including limitations on the classification process. The remaining chapters deal with the consequences flowing from the classification of property as community or separate, including management and control rights and responsibilities, creditors' rights, and distribution of property on the termination of the community. The 9th Edition contains a new section dealing with same-sex unions and domestic partnership legislation. Further ramifications and problems are explored in the notes to the cases.