Community property is a marital property regime that originated in civil law jurisdictions and is now also found in some common law jurisdictions. The states of the United States that recognize community property are primarily in the West and acquired this body of law from the law of Mexico, which was derived from Spanish law and ultimately from the Arabs and the Visigoths.

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  • Community property is a marital property regime that originated in civil law jurisdictions and is now also found in some common law jurisdictions. The states of the United States that recognize community property are primarily in the West and acquired this body of law from the law of Mexico, which was derived from Spanish law and ultimately from the Arabs and the Visigoths. In a community property jurisdiction, most property acquired during the marriage (except for gifts or inheritances) is owned jointly by both spouses and is divided upon divorce, annulment or death. Joint ownership is automatically presumed by law in the absence of specific evidence that would point to a contrary conclusion for a particular piece of property. The community property system is usually justified by the idea that such joint ownership recognizes the theoretically equal contributions of both spouses to the creation and operation of the family unit. Division of community property may take place by item, by splitting all items or by value. In some jurisdictions, such as California, a 50/50 division of community property is mandated by law; in others, such as Texas, a divorce court may decree an "equitable distribution" of community property, which may result in an unequal division of such. In non-community property states property may be divided by equitable distribution. Generally speaking, the property that each partner brings into the marriage or receives by gift, bequest or devise during marriage is called separate property (i.e. , not community property). See division of property. Division of community debts may not be the same as division of community property. For example, in California, community property is required to be divided "equally" while community debt is required to be divided "equitably". Property that is owned by one spouse before the marriage is the separate property of that spouse, unless the property is "transmuted" into community property. The rules for this vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
  • Bei der Gütergemeinschaft handelt es sich um einen Güterstand, der bei manchen Ehen und eingetragenen Partnerschaften zur Anwendung kommt. Sie ist ursprünglich im kontinentaleuropäischen Rechtskreis beheimatet, findet sich neuerdings aber auch in manchen vom angloamerikanischen Common law geprägten Rechtsordnungen. Es wird zwischen der allgemeinen Gütergemeinschaft, der Gütergemeinschaft auf den Todesfall und verschiedenen Formen der beschränkten Gütergemeinschaft unterschieden. Wird nur von Gütergemeinschaft gesprochen, ist in aller Regel die allgemeine gemeint. Prägend für die Gütergemeinschaft ist, dass das Vermögen der beiden Partner grundsätzlich gemeinschaftliches Vermögen der beteiligten Partner ist. Dies findet seine Begründung in der Überlegung, dass das gemeinschaftliche Vermögen Ausdruck der zumindest theoretisch genau gleichen Anteile beider an der Gründung und dem weiteren Funktionieren der Familie ist.
  • La comunidad de bienes es una figura utilizada en el Derecho civil para contemplar los casos en los que la propiedad de una cosa, derecho o masa patrimonial pertenece a varias personas, ya sean físicas o jurídicas.
  • La comunione dei beni è il risultato di un accordo tra due o più individui che mettono a disposizione i propri beni costituendo un patrimonio comune, godendone equamente dei frutti e partecipando solidarmente alle spese. Nel diritto privato italiano con l'espressione comunione dei beni si intende il regime patrimoniale legale della famiglia, vale a dire il regime patrimoniale che si applica automaticamente in mancanza di diverse pattuizioni da parte dei coniugi.
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  • Community property is a marital property regime that originated in civil law jurisdictions and is now also found in some common law jurisdictions. The states of the United States that recognize community property are primarily in the West and acquired this body of law from the law of Mexico, which was derived from Spanish law and ultimately from the Arabs and the Visigoths.
  • Bei der Gütergemeinschaft handelt es sich um einen Güterstand, der bei manchen Ehen und eingetragenen Partnerschaften zur Anwendung kommt. Sie ist ursprünglich im kontinentaleuropäischen Rechtskreis beheimatet, findet sich neuerdings aber auch in manchen vom angloamerikanischen Common law geprägten Rechtsordnungen. Es wird zwischen der allgemeinen Gütergemeinschaft, der Gütergemeinschaft auf den Todesfall und verschiedenen Formen der beschränkten Gütergemeinschaft unterschieden.
  • La comunidad de bienes es una figura utilizada en el Derecho civil para contemplar los casos en los que la propiedad de una cosa, derecho o masa patrimonial pertenece a varias personas, ya sean físicas o jurídicas.
  • La comunione dei beni è il risultato di un accordo tra due o più individui che mettono a disposizione i propri beni costituendo un patrimonio comune, godendone equamente dei frutti e partecipando solidarmente alle spese. Nel diritto privato italiano con l'espressione comunione dei beni si intende il regime patrimoniale legale della famiglia, vale a dire il regime patrimoniale che si applica automaticamente in mancanza di diverse pattuizioni da parte dei coniugi.
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  • Community property
  • Gütergemeinschaft (Ehe)
  • Comunidad de bienes
  • Comunione dei beni
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