Community property in the United States
By: William A. Reppy, Jr., Charles L. B. Lowndes Emeritus Professor of Law, Duke University; Cynthia A. Samuel, W. R. Irby Chair Emerita, Tulane University; Sally Brown Richardson, Assistant Professor of Law, Tulane University
Contributors: Samuel, Cynthia A., author; Richardson, Sally Brown, author
Edition: Eighth edition.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9781611636871
Subjects: Community property; Cases
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Community property : the basic concept and underlying policies; title: The nature of community ownership; title: Characterizing ownership of property on the basis of agreement; title: The role of presumptions in the characterization process; title: Establishing separate ownership by manner of acquisition : proof of acquisition by bequest, inheritance or gift; title: Proving separate ownership by time of acquisition; title: Property interests versus mere expectancies; title: Acquisitions on credit; title: "Improvements" of separate property with community funds and vice versa; title: Problems of tracing : commingling and uncommingling; title: Rents, profits, and increase of separate property : problems of apportionment; title: Classification of recoveries in tort and insurance claims; title: Characterizing career assets; title: Equal management of community property; title: Dual management; title: Fiduciary responsibility of a manager spouse; title: Rights of creditors to reach community and separate property; title: Problems at divorce; title: Dissolution of the community by death; title: Invalid marriage and cohabitation; title: Community property in conflict of laws; title: Community property and constitutional law.