How to determine who owns a resource. Unless specifically stated, this section applies to all cash, TANF-related medical and food assistance programs. A client owns a resource when the client holds the title to real or personal property or has possession of the property but there is no title.
Community property is an available resource unless the client can provide proof to the contrary.
Real or personal property is considered to be community property when it is in the name of either the husband or wife or both and can be disposed of by either of them. For cash assistance, community property owned by the husband or wife or both will be used to determine eligibility for the assistance unit, regardless that one or both are clients. Property is no longer considered separate when both community and separate properties are used to purchase or improve real or personal property.