This Law in a Nutshell: Community Property overs preliminary matters, characterization, transmutations, separate property, and community property. Discusses community property during a marriage, management and control, and liabilities. The first portion of each chapter presents a broad overview, followed by the detail of the law in the second part. A third part explains how various states differ. The book also addresses the termination of community property and the special problems that can result.
Features and Benefits include:
--Timesaving reference guide;
--Summarizes the basic principles of community property law;
--Examines community property special problems;
--Table of cases.
Table of Contents includes:
 Transmutations;
Separate Property;
Community Property;
Joint Tenancy Meets Community Property;
Characterization Problems;
Termination Of The Community: Divorce & Death;
Peripheral Marriages;
Federal Problems.
Don't let their small size fool you: West's Law in a Nutshell series represents the depth and breadth of the law in over a hundred different areas. Nutshells have a loyal following who swear by their succinct and easy to understand treatment of the law, and this particular title is a great illustration that learning the law doesn't have to be dry and confusing. |
