Benchmarks: Lawyer loses divorce fight over professional goodwill 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: October 12, 2012
Tags: community property, divorce, good will, property division
An Arizona court has decided that the valuation of a lawyer’s professional goodwill is not limited to his stock redemption value in his law firm.
Community property includes military service credit
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: community property, divorce
Military service credit that a husband purchased during his marriage constituted community property subject to division when he divorced, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing judgment.
Judge splits ‘Wheel of Fortune’ winnings in divorce case
Published: July 18, 2011
Tags: community property, divorce
A “Wheel of Fortune” contestant’s winnings constituted community property subject to equal division even though his wife had already filed for divorce when he won the money, a Washington state judge recently ruled.
Husband’s partnership distribution is community property
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: October 25, 2010
Tags: community property, property distribution
A lawyer’s partnership profits from his law firm that were distributed in the year following his separation from his wife are community property and must be divided as such, the California Court of Appeal has ruled.
Husband may be liable for dead wife’s attorney fees
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: attorney fees, community property, divorce
A husband may be obligated to pay attorney fees that his deceased wife incurred in a dissolution proceeding that didn’t end in divorce, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
Assets from employer’s bankruptcy divisible in divorce
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: May 27, 2010
Tags: community property, property division
Convertible notes issued to a husband as the result of his employer’s bankruptcy may be divided as community property in his divorce, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled.
Surviving spouse can amend trust
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: April 13, 2010
Tags: community property, trust and estates
A surviving spouse can amend a community property trust’s remainder distribution schedule after the first spouse’s death, the New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled.
Pro tanto share of annuity is community property
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 23, 2010
Tags: community property, divorce
Where community property was used to redeposit funds in a husband’s retirement annuity, the community was only entitled to a pro tanto share of the annuity – and not to a share of the husband’s much larger pension component, the California Supreme Court has ruled.
Divorcing couple agrees to flip a coin for furniture
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: February 8, 2010
Tags: community property, divorce
Actress Kate Walsh and her husband of 14 months, Alex Young, finalized their divorce last week but left one thing to chance, agreeing to flip a coin for their community furniture and artwork.
Gift Porsche isn’t husband’s property at divorce
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 8, 2009
Tags: community property, divorce
A husband could not claim that a sports car given to him by his wife was his separate property when the parties divorced, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing judgment.
