This thorough casebook provides a deep and current analysis of California Community Property issues in a format proven effective through years of successful classroom use.
When you review Community Property California you will notice these strengths:
 Outstanding authorship from a recognized expert - Grace Ganz Blumberg draws on her expertise in both community property and family law;
Comprehesive coverage suitable for preparation for the California bar examination and for California practice in the areas of divorce, decedents' estates, and the debtor-creditor law;
Inclusion of comparative materials, including the uniform Marital Property Act and the American Law Institutues Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution.
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Community Property Californiareflects important developments, including:
California's revision of the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act, in response to Marriage of Pendleton & Fireman and Marriage of Bonds;
The consequences of concealing assets at divorce, illustrated by Marriage of Rossi;
Important statutory developments in the law of non-marital cohabitation and the series of statutes creating rights for domestic partners;
Survivorship community property, the new hybrid of community property and joint tenancy;
The demise of the estate tax, with concomitant changes in the "stepped-up basis" rules.
Table of Contents includes:
The History of California Community Property;
Transmutation: Contracts and Gifts;
Definitional and Tracing Issues;
Evidentiary Presumptions in California Community Property Law;
Classification of Property;
Management and Creditors' Rights';
Inception and Termination of the Economic Community;
Property Distribution at Divorce;
Property Distribution at Death;
Choice of Law at Divorce and Death;
Federal Preemption of State Marital Property Law. |
