Kimberlee Leonard has 22 years of experience as a freelance writer. Her work has been featured on US News and World Report, Business.com and Fit Small Business. She brings practical experience as a ...

Discover how a recent Constitutional Court ruling clarifies the relationship between marriage, asset ownership, and estate ...

MP McQueen is a veteran journalist who has covered national and metro news, and has written and edited articles for legal and financial publications. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading ...

Louisiana is a community property state, wherein spouses are considered joint owners of nearly all assets and debts acquired in marriage. In the event of a divorce, assets acquired during the marriage ...

What you don’t know about your mortgage could hurt you. In Washington State, we are not a “title state.” Accordingly, placing your spouse’s name on the title of a separate real estate does not ...

Nine community property states give spouses equal ownership of assets acquired while married. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

The Constitutional Court has ruled that couples married under customary law cannot sign antenuptial contracts (ANCs) after their marriage ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Designed primarily to ensure equal ownership among spouses, community properly law has also evolved into a common estate planning tool for families with highly appreciated assets. There are nine ...

Planning a wedding is an exciting time filled with much joy and anticipation. Amidst the celebrations, it is easy to overlook the less romantic side of marriage; that is, the legal and financial ...

Property division in a divorce depends on whether the state follows community property or common law rules. In community property states, most assets acquired during the marriage belong equally to ...