Recent Examples on the WebAnd remember, California is a community property state; what’s mine is yours and all that.—Lawrence Hodge / Jalopnik, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024 California is a community property state, meaning that assets are by default divided 50/50 in a divorce.—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
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