Examples & Explanations for California Community Property

by Goldberg, Charlotte K.; Costello, Jan C.

• ISBN13: 9781543805703
• ISBN10: 1543805701
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-06-20
• Publisher: Aspen Publishing
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Summary

A favorite classroom prep tool of successful students that is often recommended by professors, the Examples & Explanations (E&E) series provides an alternative perspective to help you understand your casebook and in-class lectures. Each E&E offers hypothetical questions complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topics in your courses and compare your own analysis.

Here's why you need an E&E to help you study throughout the semester:

• Clear explanations of each class topic, in a conversational, funny style.
• Features hypotheticals similar to those presented in class, with corresponding analysis so you can use them during the semester to test your understanding, and again at exam time to help you review.
• It offers coverage that works with ALL the major casebooks, and suits any class on a given topic.

The Examples & Explanations series has been ranked the most popular study aid among law students because it is equally as helpful from the first day of class through the final exam.

New to the Sixth Edition:

• Expanded treatment of Premarital and Postmarital Agreements.
• New or significantly revised coverage on Transmutation and Title Rebuttals.
• Fresh content addressing Date of Separation and the End of the Community, incorporating evolving legal standards and practical implications.
• Updated analysis of Division at Divorce and Spousal Support, reflecting recent case law and statutory changes.
• Enhanced focus on Annulment and the Putative Spouse Doctrine.
• Clarified and reorganized coverage of Domestic Partnerships and Cohabitation.

Table of Contents

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Contents
Preface 
Acknowledgments 

Chapter 1 Introduction 
Chapter 2 The Community Chameleon: How Property Can Be Changed by Agreement
Chapter 3 Evidentiary Presumptions 
Chapter 4 Let Me Call It Mine, Yours, or Ours: The Role of Title in Characterization of Property
Chapter 5 The Tangible and the Intangible: Classification of Specific Types of Property 
Chapter 6 Who Has the Power? Management and Control of Community Property
Chapter 7 What if We Have Debts? Creditors’ Rights and the Community 
Chapter 8 How Do I Leave Thee? Division at Divorce 
Chapter 9 Until Death Do Us Part? Division at Death 
Chapter 10 Quasi- Community Property 
Chapter 11 Putative or Partners: Problems That Arise When Couples Are Not Married 
Chapter 12 Domestic Partnerships 

Table of Cases 
Table of Statutes 
Index